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[monicakm]

Do you still use pen and paper and do you use cursive?  I think the last time I used pen and paper was in March when we bought our new car.  Signed my name on an electronic device at the Dr's on Thursday.  Everything is digital/voice/keyboard.  

I just came across this article on the importance of penmanship.  It's been SO long since I've seen this image.  I forgot how pretty the cursive we learned in school is.  Of course, we've all tweaked it over the years to make it our own, or did we?  Do you still write in cursive and does it still look like how you were taught to write it?

The subject title is the name of the article on wordsmarts dot com.

[San Antonio Gal]

The only time I write in cursive is when I have to sign my name on something.  I have no reason to write sentences or anything in cursive.  Everything is done by computer.

[Carmie]

I still use cursive.  I am not a printer...it takes too long.

I think it is important because it enables me to read historic documents, old family notes on the back of pictures, etc.  I pretty much stick to what I was taught in school.

When I volunterred at a school, I happened to notice the fourth grade teacher, who had a masters degree, trying to teach cursive.

She wrote the letters on the blackboard.  Many were incorrect, like the upper and lower case Q, R and Z.

She said she never was taught cursive, but was required to teach it on a small scale, just so the children were familiar with it.

All three of my children learnt to print and to write cursive taught to them by me before they entered school. They all could read pretty good too.

Today kids go to school and can't even tie their shoes.  It's sad.

[DSD2]

Yes! I use cursive when I write notes, especially thank you notes. I think it makes it the gesture more personal and conveys emotion that typewritten notes can't.

I spent many hours honing my skills in grammar school under the strict scrutiny of my teachers, all of whom were nuns. 

[Eileen in Virginia]

Yes, I still write all of my grocery and to-do lists in cursive handwriting. I went to Catholic school where we learned printing in Kindergarten and cursive in 1st grade. We had penmanship classes right through 8th grade. I've heard that they don't teach cursive handwriting in school these days. Some parents who don't want their kids to read a note, write it in cursive. 😄

[threecees]

The kids of tomorrow won't even own a pen.

Everything is computerized.

I rarely even sign my name on a check, do most of my bills through online

payments. 

[San Antonio Gal]

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@DSD2 wrote:

Yes! I use cursive when I write notes, especially thank you notes. I think it makes it the gesture more personal and conveys emotion that typewritten notes can't.

I spent many hours honing my skills in grammar school under the strict scrutiny of my teachers, all of whom were nuns. 

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@DSD2  -  I forgot about notes or cards.  I will write something by hand, but I normally print.  I don't write in cursive.

[ROMARY]

I enjoy writing in cursive.

Mainly because it's faster to write cursive than to take more time to print words.

( For note-taking while watching TV, or for note-taking while reading, researching, etc.)

Also, I love to receive notes from others.  Each person has their own writing

'personality'.

A few, very flamboyant.  

I do believe that sometimes cursive handwriting is similar to a person's personality.   Well, that's what I've noticed, anyway.

Keep sending nice cards and notes to me.....I truly appreciate the variety of handwriting.  

[bikerbabe]

I know I’m bragging, but I actually have beautiful handwriting. I write both printed and cursive and I’m fairly good at calligraphy. As a nod to being a lefty, it’s more straight up and down, not slanted to the right, and definitely not slanted backwards.

I don’t hold my pen like a typical lefty. My grip is similar to a right-handed person. I don’t curl my wrist over the top. That’s just weird. 🥸😜

I did have a teacher early-on who tried to change me to right-handed and I wanted nothing to do with it. 🤣

[geezerette]

I still use a lot of cursive writing, although I don't think of it as "cursive", it's just writing to me.

And it pretty much looks like the same as I was taught in grade school from the chart above the blackboard.  But I do cheat on a couple of capital letters that I never could quite get the hang of.☺️

Many people still comment about my nice handwriting when they see it.  It's not nearly as neat as it used to be when I was younger, so I know they're not used to seeing much handwriting anymore.