Cursive Again - Page 16

Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

@bri20 wrote:
@motherinlaw wrote:
Every legal document requires a signature....in cursive. Are we going back to the days when an "X" will do? This is not progress.
You do not have to sign your name in cursive. It's not a legal requirement.

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You're totally right.

Btw, a witnessed X is still legal. ; )

jackiejenny · ‎10-23-2011

@hopi wrote:
It's the 1% like Bill Gates who get to dictate curriculum - he wants everybody to have to use a keyboard. It makes Bill wealthier. He wants to run the world and keep everyone else needing his merchandise.

Not being able to write is the dumbing of America and it being done on purpose.

hopi, when I first came to this board, I wrote something about Albany and you didn't like it, saying something about at least she doesn't shave her arm pits! Well, by the time I could reply to you, the thread was poofed! I was going to tell you I didn't like that either!

Anyway, we couldn't agree on this subject any more. I have always thought the non teaching of cursive was the dumbest thing I had heard of. In fact, when I first heard it, I thought they must be kidding...they weren't. I went to a school that would fail you an entire grade if you didn't have cursive writing down to suit the very strict teachers.

Now, we have a couple of generations who can neither read or write in cursive...that's progress? It's ridiculous and if not taught at school, it should be taught in the home. There are many documents that require handwriting, no, not printing, handwriting.

My mail man is so used to not seeing cursive handwriting anymore, he actually took some of mine to show his fellow carriers...I thought he was kidding, but the wasn't.

This subject is and has been very sad to me...yes, it's the dumbing down of society.

Mellie32 · ‎03-13-2010

@jackiejenny wrote:
hopi, when I first came to this board, I wrote something about Albany and you didn't like it, saying something about at least she doesn't shave her arm pits! Well, by the time I could reply to you, the thread was poofed! I was going to tell you I didn't like that either!

Anyway, we couldn't agree on this subject any more. I have always thought the non teaching of cursive was the dumbest thing I had heard of. In fact, when I first heard it, I thought they must be kidding...they weren't. I went to a school that would fail you an entire grade if you didn't have cursive writing down to suit the very strict teachers.

Now, we have a couple of generations who can neither read or write in cursive...that's progress? It's ridiculous and if not taught at school, it should be taught in the home. There are many documents that require handwriting, no, not printing, handwriting.

My mail man is so used to not seeing cursive handwriting anymore, he actually took some of mine to show his fellow carriers...I thought he was kidding, but the wasn't.

This subject is and has been very sad to me...yes, it's the dumbing down of society.

Printing IS handwriting. Cursive is just ONE FORM of handwriting.

What documents require cursive handwriting?

Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

Not a one.

PenneyT · ‎02-27-2015

Why is not learning cursive "dumbing down society", but not learning how to text, use a flash drive, facetime, etc., is just fine? Seems like some weird 'what I know is smart, what I don't know is dumb', lol!

jackiejenny · ‎10-23-2011

@PenneyT wrote:
Why is not learning cursive "dumbing down society", but not learning how to text, use a flash drive, facetime, etc., is just fine? Seems like some weird 'what I know is smart, what I don't know is dumb', lol!

Uh, I know how to do all of the things you named AND I know how to write in cursive. So much for that logic.

WHY is it okay for generations to NOT know how to read or write in cursive?

jackiejenny · ‎10-23-2011

@Mellie32 wrote:
@jackiejenny wrote:
hopi, when I first came to this board, I wrote something about Albany and you didn't like it, saying something about at least she doesn't shave her arm pits! Well, by the time I could reply to you, the thread was poofed! I was going to tell you I didn't like that either!

Anyway, we couldn't agree on this subject any more. I have always thought the non teaching of cursive was the dumbest thing I had heard of. In fact, when I first heard it, I thought they must be kidding...they weren't. I went to a school that would fail you an entire grade if you didn't have cursive writing down to suit the very strict teachers.

Now, we have a couple of generations who can neither read or write in cursive...that's progress? It's ridiculous and if not taught at school, it should be taught in the home. There are many documents that require handwriting, no, not printing, handwriting.

My mail man is so used to not seeing cursive handwriting anymore, he actually took some of mine to show his fellow carriers...I thought he was kidding, but the wasn't.

This subject is and has been very sad to me...yes, it's the dumbing down of society.
Printing IS handwriting. Cursive is just ONE FORM of handwriting.

What documents require cursive handwriting?

A signature is often written in cursive. It is supposed to be difficult to copy and is the individual's handwritten DNA so to speak. A printed name looks just what it is...juvenile. Who prints on checks, contracts, wills, etc.?

PenneyT · ‎02-27-2015

@jackiejenny wrote:
@PenneyT wrote:
Why is not learning cursive "dumbing down society", but not learning how to text, use a flash drive, facetime, etc., is just fine? Seems like some weird 'what I know is smart, what I don't know is dumb', lol!
Uh, I know how to do all of the things you named AND I know how to write in cursive. So much for that logic.

WHY is it okay for generations to NOT know how to read or write in cursive?

Not a question of logic, simply an observation.

A lot of skills are no longer taught in schools. So much testing these days, there often isn't time to teach cursive. Something new and needed will be taught instead.

Mellie32 · ‎03-13-2010

@jackiejenny wrote:
A signature is often written in cursive. It is supposed to be difficult to copy and is the individual's handwritten DNA so to speak. A printed name looks just what it is...juvenile. Who prints on checks, contracts, wills, etc.?

A signature is simply how a person signs their name. It's unique to that individual whether it's cursive or printed or scribbled.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@MickD wrote:
Oh boy.....I just had this conversation with my son's new boss. My son has learning problems and never learned cursive.....actually the school never taught it. He only knows how to sign his name. I thought it odd, but with his learning problems ...had enough to deal with. Anyway, his boss used to be a k-12 teacher and worked mostly with Montessori children. He was describing to me how it is so easy for a child to start cursive first than printing .....as young children scribble and draw circular designs.....and cursive is the natural beginning to writing as they would use a circular motion ...not lifting the pencil......and how printing is more difficult as the child has to lift the pencil off the paper.....duh! Makes perfect sense!!!!

I found your post to be very interesting!