I had an interesting conversation last night in regards to writing styles. By writing styles, I mean print vs. cursive wrting. We were discussing how people now tend to print more than write in cursive. In school, you’re first taught to print. Once you’ve mastered the art of printing and learning your abc’s, you’re shipped off to the world of cursive writing.
Myself, I print everything, with the exception of signing my name. It came up in the conversation, that people are now printing their name on items like checks and legal documents. I’m not really sure if this constitutes a signature, but places like banks and government agencies are accepting “a printed name” as a signature.
I haven’t read or researched anything on this topic, but I found it interesting. If anyone out there can shed any light on it, let me know (either printed or cursive will do)!
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If I had any say in the manner, I’d call for an immediate cessation of mandatory cursive instruction in elementary schools. It’s a complete waste of time for most people.
I’d replace it with mandatory typing classes. Nearly everyone is going to be using a computer in one way or another as they progress up the education chain and on into the workforce.
Cursive should become an optional class, taught by the art teacher or an interested parent. I appreciate elegant and refined penmanship and letterforming probably more than the next guy, but I just don’t think it’s a good use of time for most students.
You know, I can still remember my first cursive lesson way back in the day. Apparently I was so enamored with the idea of connecting each letter to the next, I decided to carry that process over to words as well. When I handed my paper in with what looked like a single 100 character word, my teacher told me it was probably ok to just print from then on.
I would agree with Chris, providing the typing schools get it in their fat heads that we do not double space between sentences on computers; only on typewriters. Damn them and their filthy, monospace ways.