Cursive writing may become obsolete

[Jolly Rolly]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_on_re_us/us_cursive_angst

very interesting what with technology growing at a rapid pace there won't be a need for writing utensils and I haven't written a letter in cursive for a long time.

 

[enterthemadness]

I still write in cursive or print on almost a daily basis. Just mostly notes to myself though. My print and cursive isn't as good as it used to be though.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

neither have I...and i'll be 19 years old when i graduate, on account of me "needing" cursive in my life

 

[enterthemadness]

I just wrote some stuff in cursive. I still got the touch, but a few letters look like **** now. Most of the time I write in cursive is when I have to sign a check at the bank.

 

[ChickenScratch]

My handwriting in cursive and regular block letters is just fine.

 

[Sawyer]

Cursive's for pansies anyway....

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I write in a mix of cursive and print, I have such horrible handwriting.

 

[enterthemadness]

I write in a mix of cursive and print, I have such horrible handwriting.

I do that too every so often. I just find myself slipping into it.

 

[Swordmaster]

In elementary school, the teachers used to hammer in the usage of cursive, stating that we'd be allowed to write only cursive in the middle school and the high school.

To date, I've only used it for my signature.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

In elementary school, the teachers used to hammer in the usage of cursive, stating that we'd be allowed to write only cursive in the middle school and the high school.

To date, I've only used it for my signature.

same here. cept the sig part.

 

[enterthemadness]

In elementary school, the teachers used to hammer in the usage of cursive, stating that we'd be allowed to write only cursive in the middle school and the high school.

To date, I've only used it for my signature.

I remember hearing somewhere that teachers in elementary school are just...not good enough for anything higher up.

 

[StorminNorman]

I don't think I have ever actually used cursive writing in real life.

 

[ComicChick]

writing will never be obsolete to me. i prefer to take notes on paper rather than digital still.

my writing is a combo of cursive and print, depending on if i'm in a rush or whatever. plus, i collect pens, i have to have reasons to use them

 

[bullets]

I also prefer to take notes on paper but I never use cursive.

 

[Manic]

I never liked writing in cursive as a kid. Some of the letters (especially some capital letters) just looked weird to me. I was always forgetting how to make cursive D's, G's, and Q's (which looks less like a Q and more like the number 2), I hated that V's were less pointed and looked more like U's, and don't even get me started on lowercase n's that looked like m's. When I switched from elementary school to middle school, I created my own cursive letters that looked more like italicized print, and I combined it with traditional cursive. After a few years, I stopped using cursive altogether. Now I only using it for my signature.

 

[StrainedEyes]

I use cursive for my signature and that's it. I never saw the point.

 

[Silicon Surfer]

I use cursive on a daily basis.

 

[katie_girl09]

I think cursive writing kind of helps you to develop your own unique writing style. Mine is a mix between cursive and printing. And I also prefer to write notes on paper.

 

[Lord Valumart]

i hadly ever write anything anymore and if i do it's usually just numbers and thats only for my job. if i do actually write i use block capitals, i have no idea how to write in lowercase now

 

[Majic Walrus]

I haven't used cursive handwriting since probably the second or third grade. I just never see a need for it. Even my signature is only halfway cursive and halfway bastardized print. Honestly I rarely even use "lower case" letters. When I actually write I use capital letters just smaller. It's easier to read that way so that there's no confusion. I learned it when I took mechanical drawing classes in High School.

 

[AndThePickles]

My writing is a mixture of print and cursive. I think it's important for kids to learn...even if it IS just to sign your name, and read others' writing.

 

[ComicChick]

It helps in cognitive development or something.

There are times I write in "capslock" lol but if I'm in a hurry and jotting something its a mix of cursive and print, and that mainly because I don't pick up the pen

 

[terry78]

Even in grammar school nowadays kids have their own personal computers they use in class as far as the daily routine, so writing may only be used on tests that require it, but that's about it.

 

[The Guard]

My writing is a mixture of print and cursive.

Ditto.

It's just faster and flows better than straight print.

 

[Specter313]

Truth be told, my main reason I stopped writing in all cursive is one day in summer school, I had a teacher tell me that it was too hard for her to read cursive, especially mine. I know I don't have the cleanest handwriting, but it was still legible, she was just a lazy ass teacher. So my style eventually went the way of everyone else's into a mix of print and cursive, with the only thing close to all cursive being my signature, which is almost more of a scribble nowadays, lol.