I was thinking back on some of the things I was taught in school growing up, and recalled them teaching me to use cursive in the third grade of elementary, after which all essays going forward had to be in cursive. Now I'm 21, and I don't think I've used cursive since grade 9. I still know all the lowercase letters just fine, but the capital letters are something I still need to look up if I'm trying to write anything. I can read it just fine though. I'm wondering how many of you know how to write in cursive.
If i write real fast and without thinking i fall into cursive mode. I've never actually learned cursive or had any formal education in using it. I remember my parents having it but they retired it from the education systembefore i was born in if i remember. Honestly i didn't realize there were specific rules for cursive before you made your post either
I'm feeling a bit self-conscious here since I am uploading my poor cursive online, and while moving the photos can see my spelling is wrong in some places.
Can I write in cursive? Yes. But I'm not a masochist or a sadist so why would I want to? I mean it only makes it more annoying for me or anyone else to read it.
same I do that when I write fast but it's not really cursive it's just messy writing. I can read cursive with some difficulty, but I can't write in proper cursive. What I noticed is that most younger Americans (if not all) can't write in cursive but some of the older people and foreigners can write in cursive perfectly. I remember my prof telling my friend that her cursive was beautiful but not to write in it since she couldn't really read it lol. ahem let me try. "can you not read this?" ok easy enough. "This is standard modern cursive. Some parts can be hard to read." that was hard lol took me a full minute of concentration.
My current form of writing is typing. On paper, my writing style is like 80% normal 20% cursive. If I write in full cursive, it will look like a doctor's prescription.
We were taught it in 3rd grade when I was in school. However, I learned from the Education majors in college that the schools began phasing it out. I think it's like Latin, now. The private schools will teach it and the public will not due to budget reasons. Honestly, I don't understand how you'd make it through school taking notes with standard print. I had teachers who'd rarely place points on the board and just lecture. Without recordings and cursive to mark down the key points, I'd have failed a few classes in high school and college simply because they spoke too quickly and didn't let questions be asked until the last ten minutes of class if there was still time.
Better than mine. My writing is only for myself. I'm still more legible than a pharmacist, but not as good as an English major. I'd like to have writing as elegant as in this video. It'd save from having to transpose notes onto the computer instead of just scanning when I back them up.
My mom felt the same. Me, I always wrote much more quickly with print than with cursive. I think it just depends on which style you’re more used to.
Basically, standard cursive is being replaced by what I call fast printing. It takes the speed and messiness of cursive and combines it with the fact that normal-looking letters can be read by almost everyone. That, or everyone just takes notes via typing now since that's way faster.