Cursive Poll

[dr_funbags]

I was reading this article today and got into a debate with my mom. I think cursive is a dead practice and she thinks children should continue to keep learning/using it. I recently wrote a long letter to a family member that doesn't use computers, and found it to be the most tiring task ever ... I know I can't be alone in this

Comments

[sacreddesire]

I can't even remember how to write in cursive lol

[dr_funbags]

I remember, but I found myself having to concentrate incredibly hard to have it legible. I rarely use it (thank you notes and letters to people who don't use computers) so I find myself printing most of the time.

[whiski_sour]

I couldn't answer the Hoff question because while I don't find the Hoff sexy, I still acknowledge his awesomeness. Please take Hoff sexiness-neutrality into account the next time you include a Hoff related question in a poll. It does exist!

[dr_funbags]

... everyone needs to find him sexy though! EVERYONE!

[whiski_sour]

My icon disagrees with you on this point.

[dr_funbags]

The power of Hoff compels me ... and I WILL be the boss, sooner or later. :D

[lalablue]

You should have had an option for random cursive usage. I mostly print but some letters run together in a modern cursive manner.

Yup yup.

[dr_funbags]

I didn't think of that one, huh. The only thing I tend to do is use capital and lowercase letters in my printing, and it drives people who read it insane.

[dr_funbags]

I used to have such nice handwriting when I learned in grade school ... and then it went down the toilet because computers started being used frequently, haha.

Well hi thar sexy icon *stare*

[xiaomi]

I write in cursive only because it's far faster than printing, but if it's something whose precise reading matters, I have to block print. My cursive writing is very poor and has only gotten worse over the years, and I regret that we grew up at a time when cursive was emphasized. English isn't Arabic and I think that we would be better off if printed script were emphasized over cursive. If I could write in print at anything approaching the same speed I wrote in cursive, I would abandon it instantly. But if someone needs a lot of information on a form in not a lot of time, I have to write it in cursive.

I'm not aware of anyone who writes in "true" cursive, e.g. writing a capital "Q" shaped like the number "2" or other conventions that cause cursive to not resemble printed English. Most people ad-lib it (or, more candidly, half-ass it).

[dr_funbags]

That's interesting - for me printing is done at a much more rapid speed than cursive. I found, while sitting down to write my letter, that cursive came painstakingly slow because I was attempting to remember how to do it "properly" ... or maybe I just wanted to impress my 80+ year old family member? Quite a few years had passed since I really sat down to use it for more than a quick post-it note though, so I'm betting it too is something that diminishes in ease when you don't use it regularly.

I am glad though, that they're starting to make sure the quality of writing is emphasized in schools now, rather than how it looks. I know far too many people who lack proper grammar in their writing, and can't spell to save their life!