What caused cursive to die?

[Texashiker]

I see fewer and fewer young adults writing in cursive. Personally, I have not used cursive in maybe 25 years. Even when I was in high school I did not write in cursive unless I was made to.

And now, Indiana schools might stop teaching cursive.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/06...ng-indiana-schools-can-stop-teaching-cursive/

When I was in school, I never understood why students were taught to write 2 times - print and cursive. The whole process seemed like a was of time and effort on the school and teachers part.

I am glad to see cursive die, I can not read half of that hen scratch anyway.

 

[Zeze]

Writing itself is dying, cursive has been long gone.

 

[slayer202]

It's useless and sloppy

 

[zinfamous]

the fact that it sucks.


Oh, and hardly anyone writes cheques these days.


well, except for this <---- guy

 

[Atomic Playboy]

We didn't learn cursive when I was in school; we learned italics, which is just print, except you connect the letters. Cursive can be confusing as hell with the capital letters looking different from print (G, Z, Q, etc.). I don't see much point in cursive since no one I've ever worked with has used it.

 

[lxskllr]

It needs to be taught so people can read old documents, but it doesn't need to be used.

 

[Linflas]

Technology.
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[MagnusTheBrewer]

It's useless and sloppy

Stop putting yourself down like that!

I use cursive at work all the time.

 

[waggy]

ugh i hated writing in cursive. unless you have great penmanship it looks like crap and is hard to read.

 

[shortylickens]

Technology.
Businesses stopped wanting handwritten memos and reports a LONG time ago. Too inefficient. Needed to be on a computer so everyone could see it in a split second.

College is pretty much supposed to prepare you for the work force so........

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Technology. Yes but, not in the way you think.
Businesses stopped wanting handwritten memos and reports a LONG time ago. Too inefficient. Needed to be on a computer so everyone could see it in a split second.
Obviously, you haven't read too many corporate memo's. How so many illiterate clowns got jobs I'll never know.
College is pretty much supposed to prepare you for the work force so........

Colleges were NEVER intended to prepare you for the workforce but, have yielded to public pressure and now try to be tech schools.

 

[Farmer]

Colleges were NEVER intended to prepare you for the workforce but, have yielded to public pressure and now try to be tech schools.

Please keep in mind half of ATOT is under 18 and have only ever worked at McDonalds.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Please keep in mind half of ATOT is under 18 and have only ever worked at McDonalds.

Gods, when are we ever going to put down the myth that college is the ONLY/BEST way to be a "success?"

 

[shortylickens]

Gods, when are we ever going to put down the myth that college is the ONLY/BEST way to be a "success?"

Probably around the same time people like you stop trying to hit as many of the 7 logic fails at one time as they can.

 

[Farmer]

Gods, when are we ever going to put down the myth that college is the ONLY/BEST way to be a "success?"

Americans are overconfident, especially of their intellect. I can make more broad-sweeping statements if you like.

 

[Texashiker]

Please keep in mind half of ATOT is under 18 and have only ever worked at McDonalds.

That explains why my order is wrong the majority of the time.

I order no onions, and guy fixing the burger puts extra onions.

Sometimes people get paid what their worth. If someone can not follow simple instructions, then they deserve to get paid minimum wage.

 

[Schadenfroh]

The "problem" is worse in countries that lack phonetic alphabets / Latin characters.

http://www.dailytech.com/Youth+in+Asian+Countries+Forgetting+How+to+Write/article19514.htm

A recent survey indicates that the tech-savvy young people of China and Japan are experiencing a crisis of sorts. Thanks to their constant use of computers and mobile phones, many are becoming dependent on alphabet-based input systems and are starting to forget characters used in their ancient writing forms.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Americans are overconfident, especially of their intellect. I can make more broad-sweeping statements if you like.

I forget so many 'terminally literal' geeks can't think without precise guidelines.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Probably around the same time people like you stop trying to hit as many of the 7 logic fails at one time as they can.

Ooh, was else did you learn in Freshman debate?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Cursive's main goal is to be faster than printing. That's gone out the window with electronic input being much faster, with none of the disadvantages of cursive (harder to read, harder to teach/learn).

Well-written cursive is readable, but about a third of the cursive I see is totally illegible. Suitable for personal notes to be read only by the person who wrote them (although in many cases, the writer can't even read their own handwriting!).

Good riddance I say. My handwriting might not be pretty, but it's completely legible to anyone who can read English.

 

[moshquerade]

It's useless and sloppy

for you maybe.

i think it will always be needed to sign documents and such. too bad it is a dying art and you can't make out the name of a lot of people whose signature is in "cursive".

Instead of sign here it should read: scribble here.

 

[RedRooster]

The sooner the world can get onto a single system of standardized and consistent communication, the better. Making cute curly letters with smily faces on top of i's was doing no one any good for a long time.

 

[lxskllr]

Cursive's main goal is to be faster than printing. That's gone out the window with electronic input being much faster, with none of the disadvantages of cursive (harder to read, harder to teach/learn).

Well-written cursive is readable, but about a third of the cursive I see is totally illegible. Suitable for personal notes to be read only by the person who wrote them (although in many cases, the writer can't even read their own handwriting!).

Good riddance I say. My handwriting might not be pretty, but it's completely legible to anyone who can read English.

My handwriting's illegible. I print everything, all caps. I got in the habit at work, and it stuck with everything.

 

[RedRooster]

for you maybe.

i think it will always be needed to sign documents and such. too bad it is a dying art and you can't make out the name of a lot of people whose signature is in "cursive".

Instead of sign here it should read: scribble here.

Or fingerprint here! Ahhh! :sneaky:

 

[moshquerade]

Or fingerprint here! Ahhh! :sneaky:

only with your mug shot. :sneaky: