Reason #2,103 to mock America's education system

[Ideologue]

I could never read cursive, even my own.  Bear in mind that I can read Cyrillic* and Greek, so I'm pretty sure it's cursive's fault.

*Cyrillic cursive belongs in gulag.

[merithyn]

Here one would get smacked down if whoever was the test reviewer couldn't read the handwriting.

Still do. My son, Jeremy, nearly failed history and English. Not because he didn't understand the work, but because his teachers couldn't read his answers. It was finally decided that he be allowed to type his answers on all assignments.

Schools still use hand-written work a lot, so it seems odd that they're going to drop cursive. It's useful, easier to read when done well, and easier to do well than block letters (for me, anyway). So I guess I'm with Seedy.

[CountDeMoney]

So I guess I'm with Seedy.

At least someone else here has a little taste. 

[Admiral Yi]

ipicture him posting in a fedora. not sure if it's accurate, but that's how i see it lol.

That and impeccably manicured hands. but that because i know he gets manicures... which is off putting in its own right.

Seedy is Truman Capote.

[Eddie Teach]

easier to read when done well,

No, it's not.

[Grey Fox]

So I guess I'm with Seedy.

At least someone else here has a little taste. 

You should do an experiment. Everything you write, write it in cursive. All memos, emails, etc. See how long it takes until someone tells you it isn't the 18th century anymore.

[Agelastus]

So I guess I'm with Seedy.

At least someone else here has a little taste. 

Hey, I thought it was clear from my post that I was with you too.

People write faster using cursive; I shudder to think how I would have managed to write four essays in three hours for History exams without it.

[mongers]

When I was at school, 'joined-up writing' was regarded as the correct way; printing your letters was seen as immature.  As mono has mentioned I found cursive the fastest way to get down all you wanted to say in an exam.

I hardly write anything nowadays and if I do, it's an abomination of printed and occasional cursive scrawl.     

[grumbler]

I could never read cursive, even my own.  Bear in mind that I can read Cyrillic* and Greek, so I'm pretty sure it's cursive's fault.

*Cyrillic cursive belongs in gulag.

I am quite sure who's fault it is that you cannot read.

[Ed Anger]

Kids these days.

*shakes head*

[grumbler]

easier to read when done well,

Go take a look at the nearest book to hand.  Is it printed in cursive, or block letters?  If in block letters, do you think books eschew cursive in spite of the fact that it is "easier to read?"

Cursive is faster to write but harder to read.  Typing is faster and easier than either. Typing wins.

[merithyn]

easier to read when done well,

Go take a look at the nearest book to hand.  Is it printed in cursive, or block letters?  If in block letters, do you think books eschew cursive in spite of the fact that it is "easier to read?"

Cursive is faster to write but harder to read.  Typing is faster and easier than either. Typing wins.

Sorry. I should have specified. Cursive is easier for me to read, as in I prefer it, and it's easier on the eye - FOR ME.

Given that school assignments cannot all be done via typing, it doesn't make sense to not teach cursive. As you said, it's faster to write. And - again, FOR ME - prettier to read when done right.

[KRonn]

Interesting thread. I never thought about cursive one way or the other. Kind of figured it was here to stay, not something to phase out. I use it all the time, though usually mixed with block letters. But I can see the point - it's often a pain to read, often unreadable in signatures. So, if cursive is phased out will people sign documents with block letters? At least that would make sigs readable!

[HVC]

Signatures often look barely like cursive anyway.

[Ideologue]

I could never read cursive, even my own.  Bear in mind that I can read Cyrillic* and Greek, so I'm pretty sure it's cursive's fault.

*Cyrillic cursive belongs in gulag.

I am quite sure who's fault it is that you cannot read.

How droll.