You WILL evolve, damn you!

[sensaes]

From Toni Bowers' blog post headed 'Should technology push out cursive writing instruction?':

"More and more states are opting to drop the teaching of cursive writing because of technological advancements. What do you think

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[perpetua_redux]

I'm confused. Although keyboards didn't exist when I was learning, I learned cursive writing at school. I could print before I started school, and read, but it has long been the task of US schools to teach students cursive writing, although had I been educated at home, I would have learned it there.

As an amusing aside, when I was young, our parents were asked by our teachers NOT to teach us cursive, as the school system had its own form, and they didn't want us to learn the wrong way. THAT I admit, was a bit silly.

[sensaes]

I sometimes forget how rigid and inflexible the line between home and school can be when it comes to matters of what I consider to be "basic" education. A similar but different example is the learning of times tables - possibly frowned upon now, but just another piece of input absorbed in the domestic environment as a three year old.

My junior school had a hang-up about fountain pens, insisting upon their use and effectively banning the humble biro from the classroom. As a lefty, you can imagine the God-awful mess I made on the page with all that wet ink. However, it took a campaign headed by my father - pointing out that everyone in the Civil Service used biros and fountain pens were antiquated - to effect a change in policy. *Rolls eyes.*

[7th_tableau]

I've seen your Rs. That ain't cursive.

[sensaes]

Arse jokes? Seriously? Are you writing for Nuts magazine now?

[helice]

As a fellow left-hander, I know exactly what you mean. Writing became either a bloch or very slow due to waiting for the ink to dry before writing the next word.

[sensaes]

I think it's the nature of the fountain pen's construction. When liquid gel ink pens became popular, I thought "Oh here we go again," but nope - no problem. Ditto pencils, and just about any other writing implement. Just bloody fountain pens. Damn them all to Hell.