Cursive Writing

[SalixIncendium]

I'm watching a replay of a live stream of one of my favorite YouTube channels that took place a few days ago and one of the kids on the channel is in junior high school. They were looking at a fan letter written in cursive, and the dad asked the kid if he knew how to read cursive yet. He responded saying they didn't teach that in his school.

I know I was doing cursive in grammar school, and though it wasn't as emphasized when my girls went to school, they can still read it.

Is cursive writing a thing of the past? Are we bringing in a generation that won't be able to read the script unless their parents teach them?

 

[Debater Slayer]

I don't know how commonly taught cursive is in most schools now, but I suspect it is not as common as before, yes. Most native speakers I have talked to who are millennials or younger can't write cursive and are either unable to read it or barely able to. I realize that this is anecdotal and based on a very small sample size, though.

My mom taught me how to read and write cursive as soon as I was able to proficiently read and write basic English, when I was around eight years old. I haven't read or written it in ages, so I've become rusty. If I were to do either again, I would need to do quite a bit of review (more so for writing than reading).

 

[Estro Felino]

I had a very strict teacher that wanted us pupils to write cursive perfectly.
I still have this nightmarish memory of all the letters of the alphabet written in three styles on the wall...and cursive was fundamental.

 

[Stevicus]

I'm watching a replay of a live stream of one of my favorite YouTube channels that took place a few days ago and one of the kids on the channel is in junior high school. They were looking at a fan letter written in cursive, and the dad asked the kid if he knew how to read cursive yet. He responded saying they didn't teach that in his school.

I know I was doing cursive in grammar school, and though it wasn't as emphasized when my girls went to school, they can still read it.

Is cursive writing a thing of the past? Are we bringing in a generation that won't be able to read the script unless their parents teach them?

I've read that the teaching of cursive in schools has fallen off in recent decades, although some may want to bring it back.

I struggled learning to write cursive. I could read it well enough, although it depends on the handwriting of the person who wrote it. Some handwriting is even sloppier than mine. Even those who know how to read cursive might struggle trying to read something with poor handwriting.

 

[VoidCat]

I know how to read and write cursive. But I don't see the point in it most the time. It's hardly ever used most people write and type in print. It's also a very messy script it's much easier to read print. Why learn a script nobody really uses often?

 

[crossfire]

I know how to read and write cursive. But I don't see the point in it most the time. It's hardly ever used most people write and type in print. It's also a very messy script it's much easier to read print. Why learn a script nobody really uses often?

Well, the Founding documents, like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are written in cursive for instance.

 

[an anarchist]

Is cursive writing a thing of the past?

Cursive? Might as well try to teach our kids Latin while we are at it









But really, keyboards and phones have doomed cursive. No one writes anything out by hand anymore.

 

[Nyingjé Tso]

In my country it's taught in school, starting at 4-5 years old usually. People use cursive or not later in adulthood as their choose to, but it's taught and used at school for everyone

 

[Stevicus]

Cursive? Might as well try to teach our kids Latin while we are at it

But really, keyboards and phones have doomed cursive. No one writes anything out by hand anymore.

When my dad was in school, he said Latin was required. I'm not sure why Latin still gets used. Perhaps some lingering sentimentality towards the old Roman Empire.

It's true that fewer things are handwritten anymore.

 

[Clizby Wampuscat]

I'm watching a replay of a live stream of one of my favorite YouTube channels that took place a few days ago and one of the kids on the channel is in junior high school. They were looking at a fan letter written in cursive, and the dad asked the kid if he knew how to read cursive yet. He responded saying they didn't teach that in his school.

I know I was doing cursive in grammar school, and though it wasn't as emphasized when my girls went to school, they can still read it.

Is cursive writing a thing of the past? Are we bringing in a generation that won't be able to read the script unless their parents teach them?

Our public schools do not teach it anymore where I live. Stopped around 2010 or so. My son is homeschooled and we are teaching it to him. I guess they don't see the point anymore? Not sure, it sure is an easy way to write rather than print.

 

[Soandso]

Cursive causes problems more than anything else, imo. People (doctors especially) can have some of the most atrocious hand writing. Why compound the issue by bringing an "interpretive" element to it?

I can read and write cursive for the most part, but honestly it's a useless script that serves no purpose other than to potentially confuse people

 

[Debater Slayer]

When my dad was in school, he said Latin was required. I'm not sure why Latin still gets used. Perhaps some lingering sentimentality towards the old Roman Empire.

It's true that fewer things are handwritten anymore.

Going by their handwriting, it seems that many doctors still use cursive, although the letters are not joined in that version.

 

[Soandso]

Well, the Founding documents, like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are written in cursive for instance.

This may be true, but when I read those documents myself it was on a screen with modern Latin script

Reminds me of learning middle English so you can read Shakespeare. You can do it, or you can just read the modern English translation

 

[Secret Chief]

I'm watching a replay of a live stream of one of my favorite YouTube channels that took place a few days ago and one of the kids on the channel is in junior high school. They were looking at a fan letter written in cursive, and the dad asked the kid if he knew how to read cursive yet. He responded saying they didn't teach that in his school.

I know I was doing cursive in grammar school, and though it wasn't as emphasized when my girls went to school, they can still read it.

Is cursive writing a thing of the past? Are we bringing in a generation that won't be able to read the script unless their parents teach them?

Joined-up writing? (Had to look it up!)

Kids still do this in the UK. Doesn't everywhere?

 

[Stevicus]

Going by their handwriting, it seems that many doctors still use cursive, although the letters are not joined in that version.

Doctors have been notorious for bad handwriting.

 

[JustGeorge]

My son graduated last year. He didn't learn cursive.

My other two are homeschooled. I don't plan on teaching them cursive.

I think its overall more fruitful to learn a second language(which is not required here, and availability has actually decreased since I was in school).

 

[Soandso]

Doctors have been notorious for bad handwriting.

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I work in a hospital, and it's not just a stereotype. We even have a specific protocol here to combat the issue

 

[Daemon Sophic]

ream of one of my favorite YouTube channels that took place a few days ago and one of the kids on the channel is in junior high school. They were looking at a fan letter written in cursive, and the dad asked the kid if he knew how to read cursive yet. He responded saying they didn't teach that in his school.

I know I was doing cursive in grammar school, and though it wasn't as emphasized when my girls went to school, they can still read it.

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My son graduated HS last year, and my daughter is a HS senior now. They've been in public schools their whole lives. No cursive (other than how to sign their own names) was ever taught to them. That said, they learned to touch type in 2nd grade (whereas I took touch typing as an elective (on type-writers) as a HS senior.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I learned to write cursive in elementary school and continue to do so on occasion.

I also homeschooled my children and taught them to write in cursive when they were younger.

 

[Sumadji]

Writing with a nice fountain pen is one of life's pleasures that I'd be sad to forego. Fountain pens are still popular. There's a thriving market for them