Schools to Stop teaching Cursive!

Loghead said:
I can remember my third grade teacher telling us that cursive writing would be used throughout our entire high school careers... What a liar.
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I use cursive writing all through school and in collage too! I still use it to write checks and sign my name .
 
sequoias said:
:lol: Sorry I find it too funny. My gf writes in print when signing a form.
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But you can't do when signing a will or other legal documents , it has to be your signature. I printed my name on my will by mistake and I had to do in my signature to make is legal!
 
whatdidyousay! said:
But you can't do when signing a will or other legal documents , it has to be your signature. I printed my name on my will by mistake and I had to do in my signature to make is legal!
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Printing your name technically could be your signature.
 
Reba said:
I could easily read all of the cursive examples. Thanks ADers! :ty:

Jiro, I noticed that you mix cursive and print together. Still, I had no problem reading your notes. :)
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the print-style writing was a habit from engineering school :lol: and also I find it easier that way to write in hybrid form for notetaking purpose.

The first pix in my post - it's bit messy and inconsistent but that's what it looks like when I write fast with any regular pen. It's inconsistent (slanted, straight, wide, narrow, some letters look like something else, etc.) because I get a small spasm on top center of my hand if I write it consistently :roll:

That's why I'm looking for a good fountain pen. The amount of ink flowing out is right and the feel is right. When everything feels right, I can write it with ease and less effort... which means a more consistent writing style. Ball-pointed pen is bit hard on my hand. Gel pen spews out too much ink. I prefer needle-point pen - 0.5
 
whatdidyousay! said:
Wrong ! Not when making a will! I change my will a few times and I have write it in cursive.
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no it wouldn't matter because you will have a lawyer and/or anybody else as witness that can authenticate the validity of your will.

in fact - you can make a video will.
 
StSapphire said:
As mentioned earlier, many people don't sign in cursive. That is, if they wrote their name in cursive, and then signed their name, they would very often look different.
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Right. If I am writing my name it doesn't look anything like my signature. For a good reason.
 
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Jiro said:
Reba said:
I could easily read all of the cursive examples. Thanks ADers! :ty:

Jiro, I noticed that you mix cursive and print together. Still, I had no problem reading your notes. :)
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the print-style writing was a habit from engineering school :lol: and also I find it easier that way to write in hybrid form for notetaking purpose.

The first pix in my post - it's bit messy and inconsistent but that's what it looks like when I write fast with any regular pen. It's inconsistent (slanted, straight, wide, narrow, some letters look like something else, etc.) because I get a small spasm on top center of my hand if I write it consistently :roll:

That's why I'm looking for a good fountain pen. The amount of ink flowing out is right and the feel is right. When everything feels right, I can write it with ease and less effort... which means a more consistent writing style. Ball-pointed pen is bit hard on my hand. Gel pen spews out too much ink. I prefer needle-point pen - 0.5
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Like a sharpie pen?
 
Jiro said:
the print-style writing was a habit from engineering school :lol: and also I find it easier that way to write in hybrid form for notetaking purpose.

The first pix in my post - it's bit messy and inconsistent but that's what it looks like when I write fast with any regular pen. It's inconsistent (slanted, straight, wide, narrow, some letters look like something else, etc.) because I get a small spasm on top center of my hand if I write it consistently :roll:

That's why I'm looking for a good fountain pen. The amount of ink flowing out is right and the feel is right. When everything feels right, I can write it with ease and less effort... which means a more consistent writing style. Ball-pointed pen is bit hard on my hand. Gel pen spews out too much ink. I prefer needle-point pen - 0.5
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Try the Cross website. I have a friend who purchased a fountain pen from them, and he gets all of his ink cartridges, etc. He bought me an ingraved one when I earned my doctorate, but I rarely use it. I'm afraid of loosing it.:giggle:
 
I have an engraved Cross fountain pen that my father got when he graduated and got his PHD's in German, English and Latin. I also have a Cross medium point ball point pen he got engraved with my name since I was the only child of his to go through commencement exercises. Oldest brother quit school, graduated from night school, no commencement. Other brother quit school and got his GED. I finished all 12 years and had commencement exercises. Parents were so proud.
 
jillio said:
Try the Cross website. I have a friend who purchased a fountain pen from them, and he gets all of his ink cartridges, etc. He bought me an ingraved one when I earned my doctorate, but I rarely use it. I'm afraid of loosing it.:giggle:
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Cross pens? I had forgotten all about them. My family used to love Cross pens and I remember I found one in the sand at VA Beach. I don't dare trust me with Cross pens cuz I tend to lose them all the time. I wouldn't want to lose a $130 dollar pen. :P
My dad broke a pen that was a lot more costly than a Cross pen once though.
 
jillio said:
Try the Cross website. I have a friend who purchased a fountain pen from them, and he gets all of his ink cartridges, etc. He bought me an ingraved one when I earned my doctorate, but I rarely use it. I'm afraid of loosing it.:giggle:
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Cross fountain pen is what I lost before :mad2:
 
deafskeptic said:
Cross pens? I had forgotten all about them. My family used to love Cross pens and I remember I found one in the sand at VA Beach. I don't dare trust me with Cross pens cuz I tend to lose them all the time. I wouldn't want to lose a $130 dollar pen. :P
My dad broke a pen that was a lot more costly than a Cross pen once though.
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That is why I don't use mine very often. I am scared of loosing it!
 
Glenn said:
You lost your retractable Pilot pen and your Cross pen.

May I suggest a chain like the post office uses for their pens? :wave:
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Funny you should say that, my Cross pen stays in my purse with cording that is also tied to the inside of my purse. I know it isn't the best, but at least I have not lost this pen since I got it in 1981.
 
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