Can you write in cursive?

[lakersfan45]

Yes but usually it’s an excuse to scribble

 

[MeatWagon06]

I can, but I have a bad habit of mixing cursive/print and don’t even notice. Looks terrible.

Who the fook writes anything anymore.

 

[HHJ]

I used to be able to. I was taught it in school,but I never write shit no more,so its lost to me.

 

[ralphc1]

I'm old so I was taught to write in cursive at the age of 7. I can write in cursive but it can be very difficult for other people or even me to read it. That is one of the problems with cursive. Individual style can make it difficult to read. I never had good penmanship but I also have essential tremor that started in my 60s, is getting pretty bad so writing anything is difficult.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

I wrote cursive in school. I got used to all-caps by trying to make my own comics in elementary and hs. It has now evolved into a hybrid of cursive all-caps when I want to write fast.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Yeah, I learned that shit in 4th grade

 

[deucesarewild]

Or, can you write instead of print? Do they still use those terms for it?

Anyway, blew my mind when I found out some people cant write in cursive. I'm pretty sure they stopped teaching cursive in favor of print letters.

Yeah, sure, I can. It's like riding a bike as far as remembering things goes.

 

[nhbfan8080]

Or, can you write instead of print? Do they still use those terms for it?

Anyway, blew my mind when I found out some people cant write in cursive. I'm pretty sure they stopped teaching cursive in favor of print letters.

No schools haven't stopped teaching cursive writing.
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-cursive-constitution-idUSL1N2MF290

But the skill isn't as stressed as before probably because assignments are done on a wordprocessor. Previously the cursive quality had to be up to par to get a pen license and fountain pens were mandatory.

 

[NoSmilez]

I can do it but I never use it. I might do it when I am being lazy and taking notes. I can even do a weird simplified script that only I can read.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Not so well anymore, I can't even print write properly. lol (Just so use to typing on a keyboard.) I lost that skill I think, I have to retrain myself.

 

[aunshi189]

I used to hear the word "cursive" in American TV shows and thought it meant something very technical. Is it just joined up handwriting? As a Brit we never use the word cursive but do teach joined up writing.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

 

[Chomsky Honk]

now that I think about it, no. I haven't used that skill since elementary school.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

They all look horrible. lol

 

[Grob]

I can, but only use it for signatures. As a draftsman, cursive has no place in my field and I can block letter faster.

 

[ralphc1]

No schools haven't stopped teaching cursive writing.
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-cursive-constitution-idUSL1N2MF290

But the skill isn't as stressed as before probably because assignments are done on a wordprocessor. Previously the cursive quality had to be up to par to get a pen license and fountain pens were mandatory.

I thought you were joking about a pen license and fountain pens so I googled it. It seems to be a British thing that extended to their colonies but I've never heard of it in the US. The fountain pen thing is bizarre. I didn't know the Brits still used them until I saw King Charles having his problem. I had a cartridge type fountain pen in the 1950s but that was about the time ball point pens became cheap. In 1959, a Parker ball point pen cost $12.50 which would be $127.49 in 2022. When the Bic pens came out, they cost 29 cents or about $3 in 2022. I remember the fountain pens being so messy because the ink took a while to dry. They couldn't use a fast drying ink because it would dry in the slot of the pen.

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

Printing feels slow.

Printing is slow as hell.

Do kids print during essay tests now?

Or do they use laptops?

Or is testing too cruel and they just have 1 question to answer - "what grade do you think you deserve?"

 

[Iron Mang]

Cursive or handwriting is what I use 90% of the time I write anything. Taking notes in meetings, birthday/holiday cards, to-do lists... It is just that much easier and faster for me. My wife has excellent print skills, so that is how she writes.

Like others have mentioned, I have also stylized by cursive/handwriting, so while it is all generally correct, there are some letters that I do not do the way it was taught. Like doing a cursive G, F, Q, S, and T.

 

[dittohead84]

Yes but my writing has gotten messy with the lack of need for it these days

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

Yeah. And sometimes i listen cursive