cashs_mom

I realize that your signature is your signature whatever that may be, but it seems like printing would be pretty easy to forge. Easier than cursive writing.

Anniedeb

I still like to write in cursive. My 84 year old aunt has the most beautiful cursive writing I have ever seen. My DH and two sons have the worst I have ever seen! One son is left handed, and when he writes something he does the hand curled up and around and backward method. However, when he prints, which he mostly does, it's totally legible and fairly nice looking and printed "normally".

SusieQOH

I can't read a word my husband and 3 sons write. Maybe it's intentional? hee hee

cathyvv

It is optional these days. but I have noticed that my 'grands' have "invented" cursive writing to get writing done faster.

Jingle

I hate to print anything and it is sloppy. My writing is much easier to read.

Our 15 YO Grandson was not taught cursive, so his Mom taught him. Our late Son and my Late Brother only printed although they were both taught cursive in school.

Jane Quilter

I always reviewed the children's curriculum and syllabus each year. If anything was missing, or "shortened", I supplemented the course material with work from home. So my kids were both home schooled, and attended a formal school. So many courses only covered the first 25 to 50% of the textbooks. And yes, it was me who taught them cursive when the school deleted it from their curriculum, and it was me who taught them sewing and cooking when they eliminated "Home Ec". I bet a lot of you ladies did the same thing.

SillySusan

I am so glad to hear that cursive writing is making a come-back in schools. I was furious when they decided not to teach it. What a dumb idea! It had lead a generation of kids into illiteracy. They cannot read cursive, sign their names, ... They look at cursive as a foreign language. What a shame!

Tothill

I have only read page one of the comments. I am a 50+ year old university student and all my notes are printed. I have not used cursive writing in decades. Most my classmates print their notes too.

Yes, I know cursive, it was taught when I was in school. My kids (19, 21, 32) all know cursive, learned it in school.

I do not feel that lack of use of cursive is a sign of the end of civilized society, it is a change not for the better or worse, just a change.

pewa88

Cursive writing is a "whole" brain activity and whole brain activities are very important for cognitive development. Taking cursive writing, music, recess, art, etc. out of school curriculums is very telling about those who are making choices for our young people. Evidently they know very little about child development and cognitive brain function. Back when I taught school there were specialists that actually knew what they were doing. SO sad to see what is happening today in the majority of our schools. It seems schools are more for a social experimentation than for training and educating. This is one of my soap boxes so to speak and makes me so sad to see what is happening. I do realize there are exceptions and are some exceptional teachers in our school systems. Many of them are crippled because of the system which unfortunately is all about teaching for the tests. So sad.

SillySusan

As a retired school teacher, I agree 100%. A big A+ for you!