26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive

theodp writes "Back in 1942, Chicago mail-order house Spiegel's looked to handwriting analysis to identify inconsistent, unreliable, poorly adjusted people. Ah, those were the days. TIME reports we are witnessing the death of handwriting, noting that Gen Y struggles with cursive and the group following them has even less of a need for good penmanship. And while the knee-jerk explanation is that computers are to blame for our increasingly illegible scrawl, literacy prof Steve Graham explains that kids haven't learned to write neatly because no one has forced them to. 'Writing is just not part of the national agenda anymore,' he says. So much for 100 Years of Handwriting Success!"

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Re:Teaching Cursive is a waste of time

[flyneye]

What you are forgetting is that writing in cursive is a skill to benefit you socially and economically. Simply put it is more pleasant to read a well written paragraph than one scrawled in your best sesame street crayon print. It is assumed any superior at work you may have also prefers to read notes, memos ,reports etc. in cursive. While my job uses my typing skills it also requires a handwritten daily progress report complete with side notes. So pick up your pen and quit portraying your sloth as justifiable. Lazy prick!