Cursive: Is It Dead?

Originally Posted by DieSeLFueLeD

I think cursive can help kids write faster if they combine it with their own natural writing style. I wouldn't have my current cool form of writing without it.

I can pretty much transcribe word for word of someone speaking at a moderate speed using cursive, while I'm probably a quarter of that speed or slower when trying to write in ... 'non-cursive' (what is the word for not writing in cursive?). My writing is so illegible though that I usually need to transfer my notes to a computer within one day else I won't be able to read them.

If I am turning something in and striving for neatness though I would probably go with non-cursive, as me trying to write neatly in cursive seems to take more time than writing normally.

With classrooms allowing the use of computers and even in some cases allowing the recording of the audio of a lecture the necessity to take fast notes by hand may be a thing of the past. It probably does help add some sort of structure to the human brain though, or at least help someway in the minds development so I feel it should still be taught in schools.

Just be glad you don't live in China and need to learn tens of thousands of characters in school.

Jam it back in, in the dark.