[SSS Two]

Somewhere along the way human civilization quit teaching kids hieroglyphic writing. I’m sure there were people bemoaning that, too. Look, times change. Cursive is on the way out. Just because we learned it in school doesn’t mean it must be taught forever.

[bert]

Cursive is archaic

If it can’t be thumbed, it isn’t

[bgill]

Cursive is much faster than printing.

[mware]

Somewhere along the way human civilization quit teaching kids hieroglyphic writing. I’m sure there were people bemoaning that, too

Yes, if not for the Rosetta Stone we still would not know what those hieroglyphics said.

Centuries of information lost.

[deport]

Look, times change. Cursive is on the way out.

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True. In 2010, most states adopted the Common Core curriculum standards,
which don’t mention handwriting.

Last year, Alabama and Louisiana became the latest of 14 states
to pass laws requiring cursive proficiency in public schools.
And in the fall, New York City Schools – the country’s largest
school district, with 1.1 million students – encouraged teaching
cursive to elementary school students.

[Clutch Martin]

“Cursive is on the way out. Just because we learned it in school doesn’t mean it must be taught forever.”

So I reckon that you feel the same way about short hand?

[VanDeKoik]

I seriously don’t get people’s fanatical attachment to cursive as if it really is some mark of being civilized.

I learned it, and today I write in manuscript because I value people being able to read what I write, not how I wrote it, far more.

[aquila48]

What’s with this semi-religious zeal about cursive writing?

I’ve never written cursive, I always printed and never had any problems.

[wintertime]

Regardless of whether printing or cursive is taught, **ALL** children should be required to hold their pens and styluses in the most anatomically neutral position possible . Ditto for using a keyboard.

I work in the visual arts have recently earned more than 40 credits toward a visual arts degree. I am 70 years old.

My observation:

Young people hold their writing and drawing instruments the same way they did when they were 4 years old. I already have seen young adults in their early 20s wearing splints due to carpal tunnel and thumb tendon injuries.

Readable writing ( printed or cursive) requires two things:

1) Capital letters are the same height and slant.
2) Lower case letters are the same height and slant.

SIMPLE!

By the way, cursive is merely connected printing. If printing is taught properly then a transition to cursive is automatic.

Nearly everyone at some time or other needs to leave a hand written note. Isn't it better if the note is easily deciphered by the reader? This is easy to do: Same heights; Same slant!

Wintertime ( An experienced full-time) Visual Artist)