When I was in 8th grade, I had a science teacher who used to write copious notes for us on several blackboards. He wrote in all caps — big and little caps.
I loved his class, and really admired him as a teacher. So naturally, I decided to emulate his writing (which I thought looked really cool) — so much that I decided to abandon cursive altogether. From then on, I have written (i.e printed) exclusively in big and little caps.
And you know what? I sign documents all the time. In the 50 years since I started writing this way, no one (including the effing IRS) has questioned the validity of my signature. Not ever.
I’m all for making sure our kids can read the Constitution, but there are enough printed versions of it available that if they never read it in cursive, it really wouldn’t be a big deal.
I haven’t written in cursive in 50 years.
As a genealogist I see lots of crazy script, and the fancy cursive is the hardest to read of all! While I make sure my homeschooled kids can read basic cursive, I trust cheat sheets for their future, much like the ones I use for Early American and English script.
And while Rep. Butt fights for this for nostalgia’s sake, others have argued cursive is faster than printing - an equally bad argument given that efficient printers are faster and easier to read.
I still sign my name. For everything else, there is printing...although my printing often connects letters, so perhaps what I use is a style of cursive closer to block letters. But I gave up the penmanship taught to me in school 40 years ago.
… but you should always be able to read it.
I’ll bet you can. I can even though I write in caps.
The d*mned, dumbed down Teacher’s Unions who probably can’t read or wire cursive are h=behind it.