Teaching Cursive in Schools

2011-07-13 16:28:10

#26

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5942|College Park, MD

It was the dumbest fucking thing ever taught in elementary school. I agree with you DF, that was definitely the worst part of the SAT. I think on the SAT IIs I just wrote it in 'fancy' print. I never use cursive otherwise, even my signature looks like one a doctor would have.

When I want to write something that looks very legible (like in a birthday card as Shifty said) I just write in print very slowly and it comes out looking fine. I think good handwriting should be taught, sure, but it can be print. I knew a girl in HS who had amazing print handwriting, I mean it seriously looked like a computer font. And honestly I think some people just have a knack for good handwriting and others don't.

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2011-07-13 16:44:54

#27

Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6685|The Land of Scott Walker

My cursive writing looks far better than printing. Why learning cursive is apparently so difficult is beyond me. Abandoning it because of technology use seems silly tbh.

2011-07-13 17:46:21

#28

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5942|College Park, MD

we abandoned learning how to use cotton gins

2011-07-13 18:13:05

#29

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7012|PNW

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
And honestly I think some people just have a knack for good handwriting and others don't.

Sloppy handwriting is made sloppier and quicker through practice. Neat handwriting is made neater and quicker through practice.

Stingray24 wrote:
Why learning cursive is apparently so difficult is beyond me. Abandoning it because of technology use seems silly tbh.

It wasn't difficult for me to learn, but I never used it again, even for college note-taking. The best use I can think of for my cursive is for handwritten letters. Then again, I could also write them with glue, macaroni and sprinkles...you know, some of the more important skills taught in elementary.

2011-07-13 18:18:30

#30

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6651|'Murka

Use it for note-taking...but it almost always devolved into a mish-mash of print and cursive, which just flows easier for some reason.

What will they teach in its place? Is there something that isn't being taught because cursive is?

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2011-07-13 18:37:17

#31

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6949|England. Stoke

-Sh1fty- wrote:
I think people should continue to teach/learn cursive. Whenever I write a thank-you card, or a get-well card, heck, any card; I want it to look nicely written. If I'm writing notes down I use cursive because I can write much quicker.

I only use print to fill out forms or official documents.

Cursive is just really sloppy sometimes, that's the only downside I see to it.

edit: I have my own version of cursive, as many capital letters don't have connections, they slow me down, so I just invent a way to connect them. Good examples are the capital P and Q.

I don't think that capital letters should be linked anyway.

2011-07-13 18:38:01

#32

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5598|London, England

FEOS wrote:
Use it for note-taking...but it almost always devolved into a mish-mash of print and cursive, which just flows easier for some reason.

What will they teach in its place? Is there something that isn't being taught because cursive is?

They should teach greek letters. They're so much more efficient. Stupid Romans.

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2011-07-13 19:04:53

#33

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FEOS wrote:
What will they teach in its place? Is there something that isn't being taught because cursive is?

How to enunciate, I guess.

2011-07-13 19:24:36

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2011-07-13 19:33:46

#35

tuckergustav: ...; +1,590|6153|...

I think it should still be taught. Penmanship is important. Not much else to say about it.

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2011-07-13 19:35:38

#36

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6872|949

But penmanship =/= cursive. I don't feel the need to write love letters circa 1785 Jane Austen, so I have no need for cursive.

2011-07-13 19:37:30

#37

tuckergustav: ...; +1,590|6153|...

It helps you develop your own style and personality when it comes to penmanship. I mean, the world would be a boring place if we all wrote in architectural block lettering.(oh god...horrible memories from drafting class coming back to me now)

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2011-07-13 19:42:42

#38

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6872|949

tuckergustav wrote:
It helps you develop your own style and personality when it comes to penmanship. I mean, the world would be a boring place if we all wrote in architectural block lettering.(oh god...horrible memories from drafting class coming back to me now)

That's what font selection is for. I have you pegged as a brush script user

2011-07-13 19:49:20

#39

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KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
tuckergustav wrote:
It helps you develop your own style and personality when it comes to penmanship. I mean, the world would be a boring place if we all wrote in architectural block lettering.(oh god...horrible memories from drafting class coming back to me now)
That's what font selection is for. I have you pegged as a brush script user

Comic Sans all the way baby.

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2011-07-13 21:04:19

#40

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5942|College Park, MD

tuckergustav wrote:
It helps you develop your own style and personality when it comes to penmanship. I mean, the world would be a boring place if we all wrote in architectural block lettering.(oh god...horrible memories from drafting class coming back to me now)

meh, I have my own writing style and the only times I handwrite long important things is for exams

i'd rather see the time spent on cursive used on math or science

2011-07-13 21:31:45

#41

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|6954|Purplicious Wisconsin

I use print, I know enough cursive to write my full name in cursive. Good enough for me.

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2011-07-13 22:02:24

#42

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6841|132 and Bush

There are people here that really can't right in cursive?
Gee. zus.

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2011-07-13 22:05:31

#43

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6841|132 and Bush

Jay wrote:
FEOS wrote:
Use it for note-taking...but it almost always devolved into a mish-mash of print and cursive, which just flows easier for some reason.

What will they teach in its place? Is there something that isn't being taught because cursive is?
They should teach greek letters. They're so much more efficient. Stupid Romans.

Cursive is meant to be more efficient than print. Less picking the pen up.

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2011-07-13 22:22:59

#44

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Kmar wrote:
There are people here that really can't right in cursive?
Gee. zus.

No, but there are people who can't write in cursive.

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2011-07-13 22:26:36

#45

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6841|132 and Bush

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2011-07-13 22:26:42

#46

1stSFOD-Delta: Mike "The Spooge Gobbler" Morales; +376|6218|Blue Mountain State

Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:
Im actually shocked that Americans cant deal with learning how to write

total drag, dude

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2011-07-13 22:29:42

#47

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7014|Noizyland

My teachers gave up on my handwriting. The deal was you had to write in pencil until your handwriting was deemed to be good enough for you to graduate to using a pen. I never graduated to pen. My handwriting is still awful, I don't think it's changed much since I was eight years old.

I think handwriting naturally develops to be cursive, or at least have cursive characteristics. If you have to write fast, in an exam for example, you don't take your pen off the page as much. I never saw the point of it being taught, in fact it's not in New Zealand schools.

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2011-07-13 22:33:54

#48

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6841|132 and Bush

I write with my left hand. So naturally it's barely legible.

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2011-07-13 23:04:24

#49

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7012|PNW

tuckergustav wrote:
I think it should still be taught. Penmanship is important. Not much else to say about it.

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KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
But penmanship =/= cursive. I don't feel the need to write love letters circa 1785 Jane Austen, so I have no need for cursive.

This. Being able to speak and write clearly and in grammatically-correct sentences should take precedence over cursive, which due to underuse belongs in an elective course.

2011-07-14 01:36:46

#50

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6346|eXtreme to the maX

I was taught cursive very badly and required to use an italic fountain pen.
Writing with a ballpoint now is a struggle, the sides wear off pretty quickly.

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