I’m a millennial. I was also taught cursive for absolutely no reason.
First of all, why? It’s supposed to be easier/quicker to write things down using cursive but honestly, I can’t understand people’s chicken scratch cursive anyways, so it’s basically meaningless. You might as well give someone a list of scribbles and just have them call you later for what it should say.
That’s basically it. Signatures, sure, maybe, but bluntly, who gives a damn?
I find it quicker to write in a mix of cursive and regular if taking notes
It’s way neater in cursive
Also peoples handwriting skills have absolutely tanked since typing and computers became widespread
If you were writing constantly you generally had decent hand writing. Growing up, when I was really young, like 3 to 6, we were also graded on the legibility when learning to write
I’m a millennial. I was also taught cursive for absolutely no reason.
First of all, why? It’s supposed to be easier/quicker to write things down using cursive but honestly, I can’t understand people’s chicken scratch cursive anyways, so it’s basically meaningless. You might as well give someone a list of scribbles and just have them call you later for what it should say.
That’s basically it. Signatures, sure, maybe, but bluntly, who gives a damn?
Fuck cursive.
Just practice drawing this single letter while I get over my wine hangover for the next 40 minutes. Heaven forbid someone gets bored and acts out.
I can barely read my own cursive if I try to write fast
training fine motor skills at a young age is worth nothing… gotcha :D
There are better ways to accomplish that
might be true… but you don’t learn writing cursive with those ;)
And? Playing games has been a far better use of my time than learning cursive.
Times I’ve written in cursive: nil.
Games I’ve played: more than nil.
I find it quicker to write in a mix of cursive and regular if taking notes
It’s way neater in cursive
Also peoples handwriting skills have absolutely tanked since typing and computers became widespread
If you were writing constantly you generally had decent hand writing. Growing up, when I was really young, like 3 to 6, we were also graded on the legibility when learning to write
You and I have had very different experiences.
Anyone who has written anything for me in cursive, I have had difficulty understanding, or could not decipher what was written.
My cursive skills never really matured, so maybe that’s the problem