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Cursive writing becoming passe

This makes me a little sad. I remember how exciting it was to finally be in the grade where we were going to learn cursive writing. It was almost like a rite of passage. Or learning a code that used to be a mystery. Now there are adolescents who can barely read or write it.

I really am turning into an old fogey. I can't help but feel like we're losing something valuable. Also there are some interesting interesting studies referenced in the article that connect the physical act of writing longhand with cognitive thought processes.

Comments

[tourogal.livejournal.com]

i had a friend in high school who grandfather was a handwriting analyst. i thought then, and still think that that is the coolest thing in the world. knowing that someone could learn about me from the way i write a letter fascinates me. it is the reason i pay attention to how i form my letters and one of the reasons i use a fountain pen.

i disagree with that article. penmanship for my children is very important. their in class essays are handwritten and in hebrew classes, they must take notes. and if they can't read it, that becomes a problem. cursive might slip away from society in general, but in schools like the ones my kids go to, it can't wander too far.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

It think it's interesting too. There's a part of the self that's put into writing that doesn't go into typing. It's personal, even intimate. I hate to see it just dismissed.