And for the most part - you can't read it because you don't write it.
No, it's because most people don't write it legibly. And not just Grandma ;-) Although I can usually figure hers out.
At that, I can probably write faster than you can print.
Maybe YOU can, but I could print as fast as my college classmates could write cursive. Righties can pull the pen gracefully across the page. I have to push across the page, and get my hand smeared to boot. That's partly why mine looks jerky. Not that it's illegible, just not as pretty.
And I agree; it should be taught in school (even if they never use it again. It helps to know cursive to learn calligraphy ;-P )
Most of them don't want to teach cursive because it requires effort on their part. Which they're against. True. I had a teacher who couldn't be bothered to learn how to teach me cursive. And Mom either didn't know how or couldn't be bothered as well.
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Re: Cursive
Date: 2009-12-01 10:42 pm (UTC)No, it's because most people don't write it legibly. And not just Grandma ;-) Although I can usually figure hers out.
At that, I can probably write faster than you can print.
Maybe YOU can, but I could print as fast as my college classmates could write cursive. Righties can pull the pen gracefully across the page. I have to push across the page, and get my hand smeared to boot. That's partly why mine looks jerky. Not that it's illegible, just not as pretty.
And I agree; it should be taught in school (even if they never use it again. It helps to know cursive to learn calligraphy ;-P )
Most of them don't want to teach cursive because it requires effort on their part. Which they're against.
True. I had a teacher who couldn't be bothered to learn how to teach me cursive. And Mom either didn't know how or couldn't be bothered as well.