Cursive writing

[G+_Remington O'Dell]

They actually do still teach cursive in schools. Its just that no one uses it. I haven't written in cursive since middle school 13 years ago. And I only occasionally see people, usually older people, write in cursive. ?

[G+_Claude Marcotte]

I write in cursive, but it looks a lot worse than it used to, thanks to using a keyboard so often!

[G+_Keith Carnes]

They've stopped teaching cursive in our school systems. I personally agree with it as printing is perfectly adequate and most things are typed anyway. I believe typing should be taught in grade school instead as it is much more important these days. People who think that teaching cursive is still important are simply out of touch or are romanticizing its importance.

[G+_Tim Allen]

George Kozi  When did Dvorak trash this post?  I just watched TWiT and never heard this post come up in the conversation about cursive.  Was it on NA?

[G+_Brian Shearer]

I quit using it when people started telling me they didn't know it.

[G+_George Kozi]

Tim Allen when Leo talked about G+, a bit later than the cursive discussion.

 

Of course typing should be thought at an early age... but I also happen to believe that they should use a Dvorak layout... just to save on the later RSI medical costs, if nothing else.

 

It is not a question of either cursive or typing. The two are not mutually exclusive.

[G+_George Sabbi]

Both are important to be able to do as well as read then, now and always. Having knowledge to just one or the other only isn't smart for anyone...I was never officially 'taught' printing...but was always 'taught' penmanship and it was always what I now know is called cursive...back then (early 60's)...we just called it writing!

[G+_Philip Oberg]

I have to sign my name at the morning safety meetings does that count?

[G+_Dave Trautman]

I could never read my father's writing. My 90 year-old mother uses a mix of print and cursive which she learned in England in the 30's. I was not allowed to use a ball point pen in 4th grade until I could demonstrate proper penmanship with a pencil.

 

I learned to type on a manual and developed until I was 76 WPM which helped immensely with electrics and then computers. I had to adapt to the continuous line of word processing but developed a quick response with the backspace.

 

When I write with a pen my brain operates much differently than it does when I am using a keyboard. I have to think hard to remember the last time I wrote a page of cursive. Oh yeah, about 6 months ago.

 

Instead of writing letters I now e-mail. I even have an e-mail pen pal from back in the 1980s. As others have said my signature is the most common cursive event for me. I have used printing for most of my life when making things for others to understand clearly (sketches for manuals and instructional media) but I used cursive for recording personal feelings and more intimate messaging.

 

Penmanship was once so unique as to be used in legal documents. Today we are moving more toward other forms of identity assurance. Biometric will wipe out the signature once it is widely adopted.

 

I wonder where we in the tech community will keep a record of our most private thoughts and feelings once journaling and log writing has passed into antiquity? Some here are right to accuse us of being too romantic about the days when a written note was almost like being able to hear the person's voice. Until computers no longer need keyboard input our voices will be silenced by the user interface.

 

I do love to see "note taking apps" on iOS and Android which are free-form writing and drawing tools. I believe thinking is changed by the very methods we use to express our thoughts. Marshall McLuhan wrote about this extensively.

[G+_Dwight E Howell]

In the fall of 2011 I asked our school Principal in a faculty meeting if we should bother with cursive and the answer was no. It saddens me but I agree.

[G+_gerald miller]

I was taught to write that way and I still do however I do print a lot.

[G+_gerald miller]

As for Dvorak.If you know about twit you would no about the incredible importance of Dvorak to twit. John C has been there since the beginning  and I mean THE BEGINNING. Say what you want about him but their would not a twit or a brickhouse or a radio show without Dvorak.

[G+_gerald miller]

and I thank you.

[G+_George Kozi]

gerald miller oh, I don't dislike John C, and I know he has a role to play. He sometimes brings an angle to the discussion I haven't considered. But he's like the Angostura bitters in a cocktail. A drop too much and the whole mix is off.

[G+_Arno Schmidt]

I do too and I'm proud of it!

[G+_Dwight E Howell]

I like John. The program is better when he is there. When John stays on target he helps Leo be able to get guests.