Schools to Stop teaching Cursive!

[jillio]

I call that uppercase printing. If I use a keyboard, I call it using all caps.

Gotcha.

 

[Glenn]

I think cursive will be around for a while longer even if it isn't actively taught in schools.

Even if you don't know how to write cursive, you still need to know how to read it.

 

[Reba]

Yep, snail mail letters are a thing of the past. Many times you are only asked to respond in email or by FAX.

Yet there is some correspondence that needs the snail mail system, such as for personal cards for birthdays, condolences, anniversaries, Christmas, and weddings. Then there are wedding invitations and product rebates. What about scented love letters?

 

[KristinaB]

My oldest brother never mastered cursive writing. He always prints, even his signature. His signature does have distinctive marks and is very hard to forge.

I used to use cursive a lot, but my neuropathy and carpal tunnel are making it harder, so I either print or type. I also make a habit of handwriting a letter to someone at least once I week. This past week, it was to my oldest brother. Next week, it will be to a cousin in Minnesota.

My kids were never able to "get" cursive writing. Son prints and has an off way of writing totally. Basically, his letters and numbers are formed from the ending position that we learned in school. He just does it in reverse. He has very sloppy writing, but at least you can read it. Daughter has very sloppy handwriting and it is very hard to read.

 

[Reba]

Writing in all caps is an engineering thing. It becomes a habit after you take drafting. I took drafting and started printing in all caps.

Hubby (TCS) took some architectural drafting courses in high school and developed the habit of printing in uppercase then.

 

[jillio]

I think cursive will be around for a while longer even if it isn't actively taught in schools.

Even if you don't know how to write cursive, you still need to know how to read it.

Yeah, it takes awhile for all the people that were taught it to die off!

 

[jillio]

Yet there is some correspondence that needs the snail mail system, such as for personal cards for birthdays, condolences, anniversaries, Christmas, and weddings. Then there are wedding invitations and product rebates. What about scented love letters?

E-cards. I get and send them all the time, for various occasions. I have received invitations in digital form, too.

I wouldn't know about scented love letters. But I have no doubt they will come up with a way to create a sense of smell somehow in a digital conversion.

For product rebates, I see the future being asked to scan your receipt into your computer and email it.

 

[Jiro]

Writing in all caps is an engineering thing. It becomes a habit after you take drafting. I took drafting and started printing in all caps.

yep. done that. I was an electrical engineering student. major arthritic experience

 

[Reba]

My Dad was an electrical engineer. He always had my brother and me write our letters to him on graphing paper to keep our lines straight. He supplied the paper.

 

[jillio]

My Dad was an electrical engineer. He always had my brother and me write our letters to him on graphing paper to keep our lines straight. He supplied the paper.

I can relate. My dad was a mechanical engineer.

 

[Beowulf]

My Dad was an electrical engineer. He always had my brother and me write our letters to him on graphing paper to keep our lines straight. He supplied the paper.

In calligraphy?

 

[Jiro]

Put Cursive On The Endangered Species List: Schools To Stop Teaching Handwriting To Children




I never thought I would see this happen!

it's expected and I'm not sad at all. The handwriting style changes over time. I'm just glad in my time - the handwriting style is not like Colonial age

 

[Jiro]

Makes me wonder how pharmacists know when doctors' names are forged on prescriptions.

it's becoming computerized. Some doctors record it in computer database and pharmacy can double-check it

 

[jillio]

it's becoming computerized. Some doctors record it in computer database and pharmacy can double-check it

And many doctors don't ever write an Rx. They phone it in with an ID number. This became popular some time ago when forging Rx's for schedule drugs was at an all time high. I know doctors that never keep an Rx pad in their office. Keeps them from being stolen.

 

[Reba]

E-cards. I get and send them all the time, for various occasions. I have received invitations in digital form, too....

Yes, I know they exist. It's just not the same as getting a real card that can be displayed on the mantel or table and handled. Recently, a loved one of mine spent a couple weeks in the hospital, and he enjoyed getting get well cards and displaying them in his barren hospital room. He did get pleasure and comfort from looking at them and rereading them, and sharing them with visitors. He also had a smart phone, so he kept up with friends on FaceBook and such but that wasn't the same thing as card with a hand written message inside.

 

[Beowulf]

it's becoming computerized. Some doctors record it in computer database and pharmacy can double-check it

That's a good idea. They probably check to see if certain areas of the signature matches those on the computer check, in case he varies his signature each time he signs the prescription.

 

[TWA]

Cursive is an anachronistic waste of time. There are much more important things we should be teaching our children in the 21st century. Good riddance.

 

[Beowulf]

And many doctors don't ever write an Rx. They phone it in with an ID number. This became popular some time ago when forging Rx's for schedule drugs was at an all time high.

Someone close to me tried to forge a prescription and was caught. She lost her nursing license and had to change careers. Ach.

 

[deafbajagal]

Amen! (to WriteAlex's latest post)

 

[jillio]

Yes, I know they exist. It's just not the same as getting a real card that can be displayed on the mantel or table and handled. Recently, a loved one of mine spent a couple weeks in the hospital, and he enjoyed getting get well cards and displaying them in his barren hospital room. He did get pleasure and comfort from looking at them and rereading them, and sharing them with visitors. He also had a smart phone, so he kept up with friends on FaceBook and such but that wasn't the same thing as card with a hand written message inside.

I don't know. Maybe I'm weird, but I figure as long as someone is thinking of me, I really don't care what medium they choose to express it. I'm just appreciative of their thoughts.