Does anyone still write cursive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sad this isn't being taught anymore. I was taught to write in cursive and still do...it's so flowy and neat even if you're taking dictation! DD isn't interested in her penmanship because typing skills are all she needs, but I'm sad to see this fade away except as a hobby for some people.

Cursive writing is very important.

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/guest_commentaries/teaching-cursive-writing-helps-improve-brain-development-should-be-required-in-schools/article_f7f99778-8dba-11eb-a293-33c101879bdd.html#:~:text=Cursive%20handwriting%20stimulates%20brain%20synapses,absent%20from%20printing%20and%20typing.

My children were all taught cursive. I have a friend whose children cannot write or read cursive. Sad, isn't it?

No. Not sad. You’re weird for thinking so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our private does but local elementary does not. As a lefty, I really struggled with it.

Because of the angle lefties hild the pen or pencil, you are usually pushing the pen or pencil into the paper when writing cursive. I just print in small caps. It's reasonably fast and people can read it.

[Anonymous]

I taught my kids cursive after taking them to a museum and learning that they couldn’t read anything that was written in cursive.

[Anonymous]

Just another way that people will be vulnerable to manipulation once no one can read historic documents…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just another way that people will be vulnerable to manipulation once no one can read historic documents…

This is a really, really stupid take. You know that, right? Just how many significant historical documents do you think there are that: a) are significant bulwarks against manipulation; b) have not been converted to type; and c) are in a form of English that is comprehensible to an American that can't or won't learn cursive?

So, what is your motive in making such an assertion? You have an emotional attachment to cursive that can't be driven by your purported "vulnerable to manipulation" concern but you advanced that concern-trolling "vulnerable to manipulation" nonsense for ... what reason?

[Anonymous]

Usually I use cursive when writing a note in a greeting card, and I do it so infrequently that I'm out of practice and I'm embarrassed how bad it looks.

[Anonymous]

White supremacists typically communicate with cursive.

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My kids liked learning at around age 8 because it was like a "secret code." Just get them a $10 workbook and they'll probably work through it themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White supremacists typically communicate with cursive.

I'm so woke and progressive I can't even write without a keyboard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is it still being taught?

Some private schools. I haven’t heard of any public schools that still do it.

My child’s K-12 in DC teaches cursive beginning at the end of 2nd grade then spends all 3rd grade year perfecting it. In 4th grade they are expected to use cursive for their writing but they move on to learning typing. My child loved learning cursive.

[Anonymous]

Yes, my third grader is currently learning cursive and enjoying it.

[Anonymous]

I write in cursive almost every day, although it's usually reminders or notes for myself, or sometimes thank-you cards.
My children learned cursive in school, but because they've never had to use it regularly, their handwriting is appalling and slow. They usually print when they write. I love history and old-fashioned skills, but in all honesty, I'm okay with their lack of proficiency. They learned to type at a much earlier age than I did (3rd grade vs. 10th grade) and they have learned many other technology skills that I struggle with. Schools can't teach everything, and I'd rather them spend the time on subject content and skills for the future than filling page after page with beautiful script.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I write cursive. I took calligraphy classes in the Middle East and do it as a hobby. Both of my kids went to private schools and they both write cursive. It was required in elementary school, but my high school kid returns some writing drafts in cursive, not typed. Their school still have books for each subject and no computers, very old fashioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White supremacists typically communicate with cursive.

That awesome that libturds cant' read cursive. It is a white supremacy secrete code.

[Anonymous]

It is taught in my daughters' Catholic school and my son learned it from a girlfriend who does calligraphy art.