Without getting into the politics of any particular plan, when I was a wee one cursive handwriting was still part of the core curriculum, so it was something they were teaching us in school. It's not a bad thing to learn. It gives you a chance to think about what makes particular letters themselves, rather than something else? What can you take away and what do you need to keep?
Of course results aren't guaranteed. Actually producing good-looking cursive letters? Not something I can be relied on to do. I mean, sometimes, but it takes concentration.
Of course results aren't guaranteed. Actually producing good-looking cursive letters? Not something I can be relied on to do. I mean, sometimes, but it takes concentration.
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Cursive writing was developed as a way to speed up the course of getting words on a page. An interesting aspect is that it also allows for a more free flowing thought process - as opposed to typing, that is. You think, you write, you cross things out, add changes in the margins and then likely have to make a clean copy that bears little resemblance to what you'd originally intended to say.
Not everyone gets good at it, though. In your case the development of typewriters and their descendants has proved to be a blessing. I always love to read what you've written no matter the means by which you accomplished it.
Cursive dates back pretty far. Apparently in English alone it goes back to before the Norman Conquest, so we're talking about Old English. It was before the dawn of widespread literacy, and also before ballpoints or lead pencils, when ink would tend to make things run together anyway. It certainly makes more sense if you look at it in that light.
I won't deny that typewriters of all forms, actual and virtual, have been a blessing to me. And I'm grateful for what you've said.
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