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I’m not ashamed.

I can use cursive, but nearly never do. So when I do, it’s sloppy and unnatural feeling.

I hear that
I think he was "uuummmm"ing because checks do not need to be written in cursive.

I know. That’s just the one place I always do it.

Me too, I rarely write checks, but when I do that are written in cursive.


All this.

I feel like I’m shooting weak handed when I sign my name. Actually, the shooting feels more natural. It’s the only time I write in cursive, and it’s because I can’t simply use my initials or print it.
 

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All this.

I feel like I’m shooting weak handed when I sign my name. Actually, the shooting feels more natural. It’s the only time I write in cursive, and it’s because I can’t simply use my initials or print it.

I remember in elementary, middle, and high school all my teachers saying “Cursive is a required skill. You will ONLY EVER write in cursive in college. Your professors won’t accept anything else.” Bullshit. I haven’t written in cursive since the grade school. It’s a useless skill that is no longer anything more than an art form. They might as well be teaching calligraphy.
 

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It’s a useless skill that is no longer anything more than an art form. They might as well be teaching calligraphy.

In my opinion as long as the Constitution and other founding documents are written in cursive its something every American has to know and learn.
 

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What?

They ate with wooden forks and spoons too, should we still do that?


I see what he is saying though. Kids probably cant even read the Constitution etc. Never thought of that. Only thing that ever crosses my mind is how will they sign their name?
But it will probably be digital/ fingerprint at some point
 

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In my opinion as long as the Constitution and other founding documents are written in cursive its something every American has to know and learn.

Honestly, that hadn’t even crossed my mind. While I still maintain that writing in cursive is useless, being able to read it can still hold value when it comes to historical documents.
 

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I think there is something to be said about those of us old enough that know how to read cursive and sign our names in it as that is basically muscle memory over actual knowledge. I can sit down and write out the alphabet in cursive but I am probably slower and less knowledgable of it than when I was in third grade. I dont think I will ever forget how to read it because while I may not remember how to write each letter, when I see it in front of me I have enough recollection to remember what is what and piece the words and sentences together. Almost like being able to read words with certain letters missing or reading words written backwards with ease. Your brain recognizes certain things regardless of how your eyes perceive them.

Obviously we have to agree that all knowledge, whether useless or not, is valuable in some capacity. Just look at the thread we created on it lol. I would rather have kids learn cursive and math still rather than the current trend some schools are trying to move to where they are eradicating more and more curriculum.
 

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My wife still teaches cursive in 3rd grade. Many do not, they feel it detracts from teaching for mandatory testing.
 

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I sign my name 100s of times a day at work. In cursive. I guess it's just something that most people dont use much, if any, anymore.
I'm not exactly sure when it changed, because it was after I was in school. I do know that my kids haven't learned it yet and I dont know if they will.
 

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In my opinion as long as the Constitution and other founding documents are written in cursive its something every American has to know and learn.

Maybe someone could translate the old docs into emojis, symbols and letters used in texting and Instagram, etc. The kids could interpret the constitution at birth. Then the time being used to teach old fashioned writing could go towards math, life skills and common decency lessons.

As far as cheque signing and that sort of thing, consider how retinal scanning, facial recognition and the like are now being put into basic cell phones and how much more effective they are at identifying the correct person. Dumping signatures for this seems like a good idea.
 

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