Print vs. cursive

[opus]

When you handwrite something, how do you tend to do it?

[JamesG]

I write in cursive (script).

I have friends who are public school teachers and they tell me that penmanship is no longer taught in schools. All assignments are done online and students type their class notes, so there’s no reason to physically write anything.

[GentlemanJim]

I am fully capable of cursive, and if I'm preparing a 500+ word document, then that is the way I go.

But, my cursive is challenging for some others to read, so on anything a paragraph or two...I always print just to avoid the "what's this word?" monotony.

And, then I have my signature, a combination of cursive first letters and "speed squiggles" that looks just enough like writing that people seldom question it.

[PhoenixAcres]

I always print, except when signing something. We were taught cursive in elementary school but that was the last time I used it in any real sense.

[AMackII]

Print but I occasionally wrote in cursives

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAcres

I always print, except when signing something.

Same here.

[Bonniegirl]

I always print , only sign my name in cursive !

[TheLittleFaerie]

Cursive, I don't print well any more. I learned cursive in 3rd grade and instantly took to it as a faster way of writing

[theoneandonlytvqueen]

Print

[icecream]

Cursive is better, it takes me forever to print.

[James28]

I always write in print, because cursive is such a waste of paper (I, literally, only use cursive for signatures).

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by icecream

Cursive is better, it takes me forever to print.

I'm the same way. When I try to print, it always merges into cursive lol

[Yong Fang]

Cursive is worthless, except to maybe sign your name. The crowd that wants it to continue are the anal retentives who hate people wearing a hat under a roof or putting their elbows on the dinner table.

It is really a waste of time and effort and it takes so much from a first grader when they could use that time to learn something useful. However, there are many worthless subjects and classes in school but they are taught to make the student conform and take orders and accept rules without question.

For me, I sign my name and if I am qucikly writing something down I tend to use a mix. I am the only one who reads it so it doesnt matter.

[ponytail]

I usually print. I think my cursive is sloppy, but lately I have been practicing my cursive. I try to slow down when I'm writing to make it look readable.

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by Yong Fang

Cursive is worthless, except to maybe sign your name. The crowd that wants it to continue are the anal retentives who hate people wearing a hat under a roof or putting their elbows on the dinner table.

It is really a waste of time and effort and it takes so much from a first grader when they could use that time to learn something useful. However, there are many worthless subjects and classes in school but they are taught to make the student conform and take orders and accept rules without question.

For me, I sign my name and if I am qucikly writing something down I tend to use a mix. I am the only one who reads it so it doesnt matter.

Well I'm pretty much a Left wing commie socialist Democrat and cursive is about all I'm able to write in lol I learned to write cursive in 3rd grade and thats about all I've written in since. To me it's no more useless that Algebra... Our Algebra teacher even told us, the main point of learning Algebra was to expand our mind and critical thinking, and we'd likely NOT use it in real life unless, we were going to teach it... I dunno why cursive can't be the same way.


I can also read an analog clock lol which apparently many people cannot these days