[Rodney King]

Next time you have to wait in line , and you watch a clerk fill out paperwork while hamfistedly holding a pen, tongue twisted out to the side, nose to the paper 'cause he can't see what he's writing, taking five minutes to do what should take but 30 seconds, tell yourself that a good hand is unimportant.

I never said that quality penmanship was not important. As for cursive, I have simply made the observation that nobody uses it once they leave seventh grade. You may want people to use it, but they don't.

An employer watching someone filling out a job application under the duress of the above-described disability would certainly think twice about hiring. Maybe it's covered under the ADA?

I have never seen a form that does not say "please print". Medical forms, school applications, job forms, etc.. they all say please print. I have never seen one that says "please use cursive".

[dasboot]

Correct about the applications; but the skills developed in cursive are transferrable to printing. Correct grip, for example, is necessary for all renderings by the hand.

Additionally, I review many job applications. These particular ones do not indicate the preferred method of filling it out, and many are in cursive. An applicant that renders in the hand of a grammar-school student--whether cursive or print-- is under suspicion. It's like having stinky armpits at an interview.