Cursive: Is It Dead?

Back in my salad days we had, as one of the requirements in English class, something called a "formal theme" composition. We were supposed to write an essay, and transfer it to a "formal theme book". It had to be in cursive ink, and any erasures or white-out marks are severely punished.

That sort of stuff makes little sense, the more I think about it. Other than fostering obsession-compulsion, it's practically the triumph of form over substance. Ehh, at least left-handed people weren't penalized for nonconformity, as they were a generation ago, thank God for small favors.

Cursive is a relic of the past. The only thing keeping it in the curriculum is inertia. It's harder to read compared to print, and I'm not sure if there's really much of a speed differential to it. I find myself preferring print because writing in cursive on the right side of your notebook, with your left hand, can create a fair bit of ink stains.

Much like the QWERTY keyboard layout which results in inferior typing speeds compared to DVORAK, we don't change because by Godfrey, that's how we've always done things in the past!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by wvlfpvp

Also, I hate how captial F's look in cursive. Hate 'em.

At least they've finally changed the proper way to write Qs. Used to look too much like a "2"... One reason why I never used my middle name in signatures.

There's nowhere I can't reach.