RIP Cursive Writing

[snowrs]

I see no reason for cursive, I am an engineer so take it for what it's worth but my print and the print I see on some hand drawn prints rivals anything in beauty. In college we were taught not to use cursive because everyone tends to adapt it to their own, where print stays fairly uniform. I also cross my z's so they do not get confused with 2's. If something is of no real use anymore should we keep it around for nostalgia? People can still read old english, and even Greek I think we will be OK.

 

[XMil]

See, I think people are equating "no cursive" to equal "no handwriting". Kids are taught to print in school. Once they were good at that, they were taught cursive. It is the cursive that is getting dropped...not handwriting all together.

I'm not equating the two, though some may be, it just struck me as very odd and I was afraid that the keyboard had replaced the pencil in some schools. FWIW a lot of the other kids did use the antique cursive.

 

[painmerchant]

They told me in grade school that adults have to write in cursive so I better learn how. HA HA HA. WHo's laughing now, Mrs. Wolfe?

 

[jamie12]

Stop!!!! What??? I hope I can still use my slide rule.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I'm an engineer, not just by training, but by DNA. I knew cursive was a dumb idea from the beginning, but played along. Haven't used it since. My "signature" is in no way legible as such, but it's a "symbol" which is unique to me. I print everything, which is legible to anyone, and isn't any slower in real life. I cross my z's and 7's, slash my zeroes, nose and tail on the 1's, etc. Every character is distinguishable with no further context. This is important to me.

 

[painmerchant]

Yeah, my signature is foreign looking to all but myself. I kinda feel bad for some of my teachers in school trying to read my handwriting.

 

[EvilBlackGun]

The same old argument, in new guise.

It was the whine back when type-writers became electric. Also, I believe it does not legitimize a contract when the signature is printed; must be cursive, or witnessed by proper authority, and that authority must sign, not print, as authority.