Being from somewhere where everyone learns cursive and most use it in handwriting, I was very surprised when I learned a lot of (mostly American?) people can’t make any sense of it at all.
I remember a guy posting an old handwritten letter on Reddit, just asking for a transcript. And while I agree many people have terrible handwriting that is absolutely undecipherable for anyone but themselves (if at all), this was not the case at all here.
I understand why that would be a problem if someone never learned it or only in passing and never used it again, but it’s so weird being able to read something naturally with no effort while others treat it like a mysterious cryptogram.
I guess they have stopped teaching it at some of schools in the United States. The kids that don’t know it are really passionate about why they don’t need to know it, to the point of calling it stupid. I made some arguments in a post about it a week ago and they’re adamant that they don’t need and don’t want it. Obviously I think people should still learn it, but I don’t sit on a school board.
I mean it’s an objectively worse writing system. All caps printing is the most legible, and as writing is a form of communication, clarity is paramount.
I’m also very surprised no one has started calling it racist yet because of it’s origins and which demographics historically used it. “Linguistic prescriptivism” is racist now, but handwriting is still A okay.
Is this how calligraphy looks to people who can’t read cursive?
Being from somewhere where everyone learns cursive and most use it in handwriting, I was very surprised when I learned a lot of (mostly American?) people can’t make any sense of it at all.
I remember a guy posting an old handwritten letter on Reddit, just asking for a transcript. And while I agree many people have terrible handwriting that is absolutely undecipherable for anyone but themselves (if at all), this was not the case at all here.
I understand why that would be a problem if someone never learned it or only in passing and never used it again, but it’s so weird being able to read something naturally with no effort while others treat it like a mysterious cryptogram.
I guess they have stopped teaching it at some of schools in the United States. The kids that don’t know it are really passionate about why they don’t need to know it, to the point of calling it stupid. I made some arguments in a post about it a week ago and they’re adamant that they don’t need and don’t want it. Obviously I think people should still learn it, but I don’t sit on a school board.
I think cursive is a low priority on a list of increasingly important extracurricular topics.
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Well one use for cursive is to help dyslexic kids. it makes it easier for them to write and spell
I mean it’s an objectively worse writing system. All caps printing is the most legible, and as writing is a form of communication, clarity is paramount.
I’m also very surprised no one has started calling it racist yet because of it’s origins and which demographics historically used it. “Linguistic prescriptivism” is racist now, but handwriting is still A okay.