Remember cursive writing??

[cherrynegra]

So I read a post on another thread that reminded me of the times when I was in Catholic school, and we would devote a whoe hour of the day just to cursive writing. Remember that? Oh, the neverending lines of repeating the letter I. Both capital and small letter. And the glories of the letter J when done correctly. It was more than just getting the letters correct, but the flowing style. It was all about the lines. Flowing lines.

I actually got into an argument with a younger friend of mine who thought cursive writing was the most retarded thing ever. He usually prints. "Besides, we all use keyboards anyway!!" What do you expect from the Y generation?? I wonder if they still teach it in the schools or if they give you the basics and then turn you over to the typing teacher.

 

[JBSLJames]

You can barely read my writing either way. I actually go with a hybrid writing called priversive. Still hard to read.

 

[tigsmom]

They still teach it...my little one is learning it now. (they call it "cursive" for a reason ). She has a few pages to do tonight: upper & lower case, words & sentences. God bless her she is the only lefty in the house & I just can't help her. At 9 her handwriting is better than Lil'mermaid's & she is 15. Everyone is in such a rush today that its just easier to print. (or type).

(and she likes to write letters which keeps Grandma happy).

 

[cherrynegra]

Oh, if Sister Bernadette saw my penmenship today, that ruler would be coming out for a smacking!!! It's nice to know they're still teaching it. :sohappy:

 

[monorail256]

Well, our school has never been very strict on using the 'cursive style'. We learned how to write with it in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade.

After that.. it wasnt required... ever....
Until I took the SAT's last month and they asked us to write on the one part of the test in cursive. Lets just say, it wasnt pretty. :lol:

 

[Maria]

I found the I was harder than the J but I have it under control now!

I usually write in cursive, not exactly the proper way it should be done, but I write a lot faster with it, so it just stuck and I like it. My other handwriting is like this same font with the a like this one, but the more I type, the slower I get with that kind of handwriting. :animwink:

 

[monorail256]

I always had trouble with the F's and T's.. they always looked the same to me. My last name is Thomas, and I would get yelled at all the time for writing it as "Fhomas".

 

[cherrynegra]

My personal favorites were the letters F and G, capital style. I liked how one continuous stroke on the almost made it like you were just scribbling. And then pow!! The letter G.

 

[Lil'mermaid]

Originally posted by JBSLJames
You can barely read my writing either way. I actually go with a hybrid writing called priversive. Still hard to read.

Thats exactly how mine is. My friend calls it "Katie's hieroglyphics" The only cursive letter that I do well is an "L" and its the only one that I use ever.

I use one brand of blue pen all the time... so it always looks run together and scratchy.

 

[mandib]

Oh gosh I remeber those days in a catholic school. Then I went to public and I was like hey I know how to do these letters already. My handwriting is still bad. Its ok if I try though.

 

[Debbie]

In our neck of the woods; cursive isn't stressed the way it was when we were coming up. We had to form our letters a certain way or points off! My boys were taught Denealian(sp?), which supposedly makes the transition to cursive easier. My cursive today is nothing like we were taught in Catholic school. I'm the typical girl who likes to make the fancy J, L, M, and D.

 

[tigsmom]

Originally posted by Debbie

My cursive today is nothing like we were taught in Catholic school. I'm the typical girl who likes to make the fancy J, L, M, and D.

Me too! Especially since my initials went from MD to ML. :lol:
Gotta have that nice big loopy L. And thanks to the nuns I no longer dot my i's with circles.

 

[AliciaLuvzDizne]

CURSIVE!!!
noooooo

I could NEVER forge notes from my parents
JOAN and JOHN...
can anyone guess why not??

(and someday i'll be JOEL's wife...hehe hopefully)

and apparently i was supposed to be nammed JILLIAN

why cant i get away from the J's!!!!?

 

[TravisMT81]

I don't think I could write in cursive now. I don;t even like to print. I only like to type.

 

[Lovecraft]

I am left handed... and it seems the curriculum dictacted that left handers must lean letters to the left.

That looked plain stupid to me so I leaned mine to the right.

Then I got in trouble for "trying to write like a right hander".

?

 

[Debbie]

Originally posted by Lovecraft
I am left handed... and it seems the curriculum dictacted that left handers must lean letters to the left.

That looked plain stupid to me so I leaned mine to the right.

Then I got in trouble for "trying to write like a right hander".

?

My dad was made to write with his right hand until he went in the Army in 1957 and realized it was easier to write with his left. Both of my parents are left-handed, but my mom was allowed to write with her left hand from the 'get-go'.

 

[SpongeScott]

I hate cursive. I print everything I do. The ONLY thing I can do in cursive anymore is sign my name and that is illegible at best.

 

[tigsmom]

Originally posted by Debbie
My dad was made to write with his right hand until he went in the Army in 1957 and realized it was easier to write with his left. Both of my parents are left-handed, but my mom was allowed to write with her left hand from the 'get-go'.

I grew up in a time when they encouraged parents to "guide" kids to use their right hands. Although I'm a righty I work everything as if I were a lefty.(which makes me think I was one of those kids). I tried to encourage my little one to use her right hand, but she always changed to the left, so she is a natural. She has adapted to life in a righty household...right handed mouse for the computer, right handed scissors,etc.
She makes one heck of a switch hitter in softball...a rare commodity in girl's softball. :sohappy:

 

[Lovecraft]

I was a switch hitter when I was a kid

I am pretty much ambidextrous, but I write much faster and better with my left hand than right. My cursive sucks with either though.

I draw and paint with both hands, when one gets tired, I switch.

 

[tigsmom]

Originally posted by Lovecraft
I was a switch hitter when I was a kid

I am pretty much ambidextrous, but I write much faster and better with my left hand than right. My cursive sucks with either though.

I draw and paint with both hands, when one gets tired, I switch.

Thats cool. I learned to write lefty when I was 12 & sliced my hand open. Physical therapy was to learn how to write lefty.
I can only draw/paint with my right hand (something I haven't done in a long time. )

And thanks to the aforementioned nuns I have very neat cursive writing. (though I always printed my nurse's notes so they would be easy to read.)