I wish cursive was a requirement when I was in School.
By Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94921)
United States
January 30, 2016 12:08am CST
Now that we are in the digital ages, it seems like cursive is obsolete. During my childhood years, I learned the basic cursive (how to write a-z in both lowercase/uppercase) but we never had to write essays in cursive and teachers preferred legible print handwriting instead or typed up papers. Since I don't use cursive much, my cursive is very ugly - but on my free time I like to practice.
Do you think cursive should be required? Now, it seems like handwriting whether print or cursive isn't even required anymore since most assignments are typed and printed.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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30 Jan 16
My handwriting is horrible, it's not often i do sit down and write, as a letter or something, it's more often I write a email.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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30 Jan 16
@infatuatedbby Take least yours is legible, mine isn't at times, I sometimes go what did I write lol. I blame it being left handed.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
31 Jan 16
@kevin1877uk Oh you'll get smudging sometimes too! But left handed people are much more talented. 
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
30 Jan 16
I haven't written much either, but when I do, I try to practice my cursive more. My print handwriting is okay, just very big. I like to write legible. 
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
11 Jul 16
You're not going to love it at the start, especially when you're left-handed.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
11 Jul 16
Heh! I can't imagine writing left hand, the ink getting smeared would be no fun!
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
13 Jul 16
@Tierkreisze Yes, it would. They do have some left hand notebooks but they should make them more universal in stores same with left hand scissors and what not!
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
12 Jul 16
@infatuatedbby You're right. Or perhaps raising your hand so it doesn't smear the ink? That would be a very uncomfortable position, though.
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@celticeagle (159451)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jan 16
I think it should be taught. I learned it. What if someone needs to jot something down? Do they just put it in their iPad now or what? Is n't there still a use for it?
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@celticeagle (159451)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jan 16
@infatuatedbby ...Seems weird not to have it taught any more. I have heard that they are thinking of taking it out of the schools.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@celticeagle I heard they are taking cursive out of schools also.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Some of my co-workers kids, a school requirement is to own an iPad for learning at home. 
I was like what? I would love cursive to be a required handwriting to learn!
I was like what? I would love cursive to be a required handwriting to learn!1 person likes this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Not just that but a lot of things are "Electronically Signed". We had to write a lot of cursive when we were learning it but you are right otherwise we wrote in print. We were always told "You'll need this in Middle School" or "You'll need this in High School." We never did.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Yes! Now a days everything is electronically signed. Just type your name in and that's considered your signature. -__- I was told, I needed at least 2 years of a language course to graduate high school. I ended up taking 3, for what? Nothing! Not everyone even took a language course to graduate.
Lies!
But yeah, everything was just print or typed up assignments.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@infatuatedbby Yes I thought I wasn't going to graduate because I didn't take one any of the years. I still graduated.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum School totally lied. I wasted my Middle School years taking a Spanish course. I didn't even do well, ended up failing the Spanish course because I was trying to juggle other electives. So I took 3 years in High School to make up for it.....
And, look! I didn't' even need to take those courses. I could have had a fun middle school and high school taking cool electives like photography or something else! UGH!
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
31 Jan 16
I am horrible at math in my head. 
Math is my worst subject. There's calculators for math or our phone. 
Math is my worst subject. There's calculators for math or our phone. 1 person likes this
@TheHorse (206374)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Jan 16
@infatuatedbby The horror.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
1 Feb 16
Yes, I think cursive can be useful especially for note taking!
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
30 Jan 16
In one of my classes it was required to write our notes in cursive because it was faster to write in cursive and we turned in our notes for a grade. I am very good at writing in cursive and usually always do. I think it should still be taught in school
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
31 Jan 16
I am horrible at cursive. I can't write straight and all my letters aren't uniform. I need to practice, but I can see how writing notes in cursive could be much quicker. 
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
31 Jan 16
@infatuatedbby practice is always a good thing
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@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
30 Jan 16
My handwriting used to be good..... good cursive... But now its only good when I am in the mood otherwise its all gibberish......
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
30 Jan 16
Mine isn't all that great either. I can't write straight or uniform, lol. Practice.
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