Does Cursive Handwriting Good To Use?

[HenryBlue]

Hi guys,

firstly im want to say im not saying that it is not good or insulting it, im just saying out my opinion.

 

i just want to say writing in no matter how is to transfer a particular information. But i have seen several types of cursive after attempted to learn and searching for a suitable one, i think that others may not really understand the writing or just cant read it in a fast way, which is important for this era. Perhaps if i write my notes and homework in cursive,i will being scolded by teacher. So im curious does cursive letters really good to use for daily writing. Can someone give me some advice and the usage of cursive?

Thanks for the reply. Have a nice day.

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[Mr. Pink]

Printing or cursice - write the way which is most comfortable for you.

[ksm]

I've never bothered to learn cursive (pointless if you take my dysgraphy into account).

But I have no problem with reading well executed cursive. I cannot read it as fast as italic handwriting, but it is fully readable. Unfortunately situation gets rapidly worse if cursive is sloppy.

 

Palmer capitals are an exception. I usually need to guess them from context. Fortunately English texts are not as capitals reach as German.

 

My opinion: if you can learn good cursive, then by all means, learn it.

But keep a serviceable print for important exams, and important handwritten notes (like drugs dosages...)

[knarflj]

If a particular cursive script is uncommon in your locality, and if others (like teachers) need to read it regularly, then that script might not be the best for you to learn, even though it may be one that is easy to write quickly, and attractive to look at.

 

Even in the US, we occasionally hear stories of some younger teachers not wanting students to turn in work written in Palmer script and its relatives - which those of us who are older were all taught in American schools, and had to use for our schoolwork.

 

Most scripts can be cursive, in the sense that there are frequent joins between letters, making them faster to write. If the American business hands and their relatives would confuse your teachers, you might do better with something like a cursive italic, or cursive bookhand: http://www.jp29.org/bh.htm Either of those can be written quickly, and most people find them fairly easy to read.

 

Jenny

[Sasha Royale]

Cursive writing is personal. It is nearly unique to each individual. When legible, I like it.

I also print in block letters, when appropriate.

[Rednaxela]

Perhaps if i write my notes and homework in cursive,i will being scolded by teacher.

Just ask the teacher?

[shea2812]

It is a lot faster to write in cursive. And yes one kid that I tutor once told me that they are not allowed to use cursive for notes and stuffs, reason being the teacher cannot read them!

[PaganArcher]

Having been out of high school not too shy of a decade (great, now I feel old), I witnessed the demise of cursive script in our education system. But it's all I ever used. Essays, homework, etc... Never once turned in a typed essay. Even when it was stated our grade would suffer for handwritten, mine never did. The fact that it is legible is the key.

 

So pick a script that is efficient, and legible and roll with it.

[amberleadavis]

My oldest (now 16) learned cursive, but the other two, 14 and 12 have not learned it in school so we are forced with learning it from mommy. I need some better books.

[knarflj]

My oldest (now 16) learned cursive, but the other two, 14 and 12 have not learned it in school so we are forced with learning it from mommy. I need some better books.

 

 

A friend of mine let me take a look at Michael Sull's American Cursive Handwriting text (I think that's the proper name) a month or two ago. I didn't get too much time with it, but what I saw seemed clear and useful, with plenty of practice sheets. I don't want to misquote her, but I think she said that Mr. Sull had told her that she only needed to buy one book for her family, and could photocopy worksheets for all her children.

 

Jenny

[amberleadavis]

Was that the one for sale at the pen show? I think that's the one I picked up.

 

Edited, I picked that one up. We will practice.

[dk76]

I can say that once I graduated from high school I stopped using cursive writing. Of course it helped that my penmanship was ugly.

 

So all through university I was printing block capitals. 20 years in the workforce and what little handwriting was required was all in print.

 

Then I discovered fp's. It took a finicky hard starting pen to make me rediscover cursive. And now I am actually practicing nightly (well, I'm writing/ journaling every night. Nothing worth keeping. Just with the objective of improving my penmanship.

 

My 8 year old has seen me write has shown some interest. So now I am trying to teach him. It's fun relearning myself. My 5 yr old has shown interest as well. Although I need more patience with her.

 

I don't remember at what age I was taught cursive. But the teachers have indicated that there is no focus on handwriting.

[amberleadavis]

I just think that we learn better when we use cursive. I know that I spell better with cursive.

[ac12]

 

Just ask the teacher?

 

 

+1

 

I used to be a grader in college, and I will tell you that bad cursive will NOT help your grade.

When I graded, if I could not find/read the answer that I was looking for in a reasonable amount of time, that question gets a 0 - ZERO.

This means that I limited the amount of time that I spent trying to decypher bad handwriting or someones special style of writing.

Not fair you say. Sit on my side of the table. When grading several class of papers, I did not have time to spend an excessive amount of time on each paper trying to decypher the bad handwriting, or the grading would take HOURS.

 

There were many students who wrote decent to very legible cursive, and that was fine by me. The key is "legible," because some 'fancy' cursive handwriting can be almost illegible.

I've also seen almost illegible printing. So printing by itself does not mean someone else can read it.

 

Tip, you do not want to get the teacher or grader upset at you because your handwriting gives them a headache to try to read.

 

Taking my own advice, when I took MY own exams, I wrote everything in block print.

I was not going to give the grader a bad handwriting excuse to knock off points.