Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:43     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Yes and yes. I think there's something important in having a connection between our hand and our brain and the ability to write fluidly (and beautifully) is still important. As handwriting has gone downhill, so has the quality of people's writing. It's like cooking: you could get frozen meals and takeout and convenience foods (email, texting) but it's nice to be able to actually cook, too.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:42     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
No. People get mad if they get anything written in cursive.
Most people have terrible illegible penmenship that's hard to read.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:39     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Nope. Going out.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:37     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
I think cursive will eventually become obsolete, just like shorthand and morse code are.

So, no, it's not an important skill to retain, IMO.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:35     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
All of the prescriptions from my doctor come printed out by a computer.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:34     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Anonymous wrote:Read - yes of course
Write - eh not really


+1
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:34     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who's writing anything? 99% of what I read is in typewritten form, or printed in block letters on signs.


So you wouldn't care what's in your gradma's handwritten letter, your spouse's note on the counter telling you she stepped out (or left you), your doctor's prescription instructions, a coworker dropping off something at your desk with a message?


I rarely encounter cursive writing in person anymore. Few people communicate to me in cursive. It's all electronic, voice, or in block letters. Knowing how to decode an old letter hand-written in cursive is a very nice skill to have, but in the majority of my day-to-day life, I could function effortlessly without knowing cursive.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:34     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Reading it is important. No one should write that way. It is best to print to get your message across.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:07     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Anonymous wrote:Who's writing anything? 99% of what I read is in typewritten form, or printed in block letters on signs.


So you wouldn't care what's in your gradma's handwritten letter, your spouse's note on the counter telling you she stepped out (or left you), your doctor's prescription instructions, a coworker dropping off something at your desk with a message?
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:02     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
I think cursive is about as relevant today as pig latin.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:01     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Read yes write no. Typing is what cursive was.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:00     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Who's writing anything? 99% of what I read is in typewritten form, or printed in block letters on signs.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 00:00     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Read - yes of course
Write - eh not really
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2013 23:59     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
If you can't read cursive, how would you know what others are writing?
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2013 23:55     Subject: Do you think it is important to know how to read/write cursive?
Why or why not?