Can you write in cursive?

[ssBaldy]

Yes, both English and Russian, and not half bad at it too. It is kind of useless but micro-motions of one's fingers is a good gymnastics for the brain.

 

[Captain Sausage]

I must be a weirdo looking at my notes I switch back and forth.

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

and then not being able to read them later! lol.

haha that does happen. Super frustrating.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

Yes, but outside of signing my name I rarely use it now a days. My mom had ridiculously nice cursive and handwriting in general. It's so nice it could seriously be a font. Next time I visit home I'll look for a paper she did back in high school (or college?) and snap a photo if I can find it. On the otherside of the spectrum my 8th grade math teacher would write in shorthand. Had no idea what he was writing more than half the time. If you want to know a lost art outside of personal use look up shorthand writing.

lol wtf. Did he think 8th graders were supposed to know short hand? Just looked it up.

 

[Prelimtapper]

Yes, but it’s a completely useless skill

 

[Phlog]

I do, and I write with a fountain pen as a preference.

My daughter of 8 print writes, my son of 8 stubbornly writes everything cursive and I'm quite proud of that.

 

[MDoza]

I can, but I am slow at it, which defeats the purpose.

 

[Cyrano200]

Kids these days cant even read an analog clock.... but they can tell you how many genders there are

Sadly my youngest daughter (all honors classes in high school) can do neither. They don't teach cursive in school at all (although they taught this.....
The D'Nealian® Method
It uses slanted letters to teach printing, in order for children to transition more easily to cursive writing. The slanted style of the printed letters helps reduce issues with dyslexia. This has also become a popular method taught in U.S. schools.
early on in school. I believe it was to maximize the number of times my children looked at me like I was stupid when I didn't know wtf they were doing (math was a major contributor to this. Drawing blocks and counting them is not math. It's.......counting.)
Then this weekend I was overjoyed when she wanted to do something with me instead of typical teenage indifference, we out perusing thrift shops when she said she liked an old clock buuuut that reading it was hard. She knew how, just not something she ever has to practice.

Printing feels slow.

The Navy taught me to print fast. All logs had to be printed and I had to take lots of them.

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.

That article CS on why they don't teach it may be wrong, but neither of my teenagers were taught how to print.

Yes, but it’s a completely useless skill

Well how about signing legal documents?
I saw an application or form recently that said something about "if X is used..." which confused me. What is X? My wife pointed out that they meant if you didn't (couldn't) sign and used an X on the dotted line instead. SMH.

 

[I Am Legion]

It was a staple in my day. I am shocked people can not write it anymore. It is way faster than printing ffs. We used to submit whole reports in script writing. Now I guess everything is typed and emailed. We used to be actually graded on it. I never did well as I write like a Doctor. My Son can only sign his name as well, but he is 18. What if we lose power and tech goes away? They also do not teach geography anymore, kids today do not know where the fuck anything is lol...

 

[Tito Tapped]

I'm jealous of those old ladies that can still write in beautiful cursive. My grandma always did and while it looks incredible it's an absolute pain in the ass to try and read sometimes. Mine was always terrible in school and wish I had better handwriting even now.

 

[PBAC]

yes but print letters are more readable and cursive can cause communication errors.

Dodgy teachers and doctors like leaving notes in cursive

 

[boingyman]

lol wtf. Did he think 8th graders were supposed to know short hand? Just looked it up.

He would only use it for some words, but it was just random and got worse throughout the year like he secretly wanted us to learn shorthand in a math class. Just give me math problems, not squiggly lines I need to decode.