Comments on: The Death of Cursive https://mothersofbrothers.com/the-death-of-cursive/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: penrise https://mothersofbrothers.com/the-death-of-cursive/comment-page-1/#comment-218 penrise Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:15:37 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=76#comment-218 I agree, Jenn, but you are comparing apples and oranges, comparing girls/women's handwriting with Ian's/boys. I think that men's handwriting is rarely as good as women's (Thomas Jefferson and men of that era excluded--but they probably had it beaten into them!)--my dad's, my brothers', my husband's... were/are all awful! And I think it's just one of those things girls care about and boys don't (a broad generalization, I certainly recognize). As the mother of a brother/sister combo, Hollis cares about her penmanship (even if it's not cursive) and over the years has doodled all kinds of handwriting inventions (fat, puffy, marshmallow words; long, thin words; fine calligraphic words, etc. --many a notepad wasted in the art of perfecting each letter). Colin, in the other hand, really does prefer to just type it all out! I agree, Jenn, but you are comparing apples and oranges, comparing girls/women’s handwriting with Ian’s/boys. I think that men’s handwriting is rarely as good as women’s (Thomas Jefferson and men of that era excluded–but they probably had it beaten into them!)–my dad’s, my brothers’, my husband’s… were/are all awful! And I think it’s just one of those things girls care about and boys don’t (a broad generalization, I certainly recognize). As the mother of a brother/sister combo, Hollis cares about her penmanship (even if it’s not cursive) and over the years has doodled all kinds of handwriting inventions (fat, puffy, marshmallow words; long, thin words; fine calligraphic words, etc. –many a notepad wasted in the art of perfecting each letter). Colin, in the other hand, really does prefer to just type it all out!

]]> By: Leslie https://mothersofbrothers.com/the-death-of-cursive/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Leslie Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:21:52 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=76#comment-213 Oh dear! I agree it is sad that cursive is dying, but when I was in high school, I, too, reverted back to printing because after hours and hours of trying, my cursive handwriting never improved. When I was in second grade, it looked like the writing of a second grader and when I was in fifth grade it still looked like the writing of a second grader and by the time I was a senior in high school, my handwriting was still that of a second grader's. My father wrote everything in very deliberate, neat block capital letters and so I followed in his footsteps. And now I write in block capitals that look like they've been written by a seventh grader. Progress! Oh dear! I agree it is sad that cursive is dying, but when I was in high school, I, too, reverted back to printing because after hours and hours of trying, my cursive handwriting never improved. When I was in second grade, it looked like the writing of a second grader and when I was in fifth grade it still looked like the writing of a second grader and by the time I was a senior in high school, my handwriting was still that of a second grader’s. My father wrote everything in very deliberate, neat block capital letters and so I followed in his footsteps. And now I write in block capitals that look like they’ve been written by a seventh grader. Progress!

]]> By: Rachel https://mothersofbrothers.com/the-death-of-cursive/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Rachel Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:20:46 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=76#comment-196 YESSSSSSSSS... and it drives me crazy! My sons will even ask me if they can "type" or text me stuff... just so they don't have to write it themselves. It kills me! YESSSSSSSSS…

and it drives me crazy!

My sons will even ask me if they can “type” or text me stuff… just so they don’t have to write it themselves. It kills me!

]]> By: threeundertwo https://mothersofbrothers.com/the-death-of-cursive/comment-page-1/#comment-194 threeundertwo Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:37:02 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=76#comment-194 I agree completely. Spelling is next, as kids move from intuitive writing in first grade, to spelling tests up through fourth grade and then revert back to intuitive spelling with texting. My son is going through a stage of microscopic writing. His teachers and I both bug him about how unreadable it is. Sadly, next year in fifth grade, all papers will be typed, so he wont get that constant feedback on his handwriting any more. I agree completely. Spelling is next, as kids move from intuitive writing in first grade, to spelling tests up through fourth grade and then revert back to intuitive spelling with texting.

My son is going through a stage of microscopic writing. His teachers and I both bug him about how unreadable it is. Sadly, next year in fifth grade, all papers will be typed, so he wont get that constant feedback on his handwriting any more.

]]> By: bill crabb https://mothersofbrothers.com/the-death-of-cursive/comment-page-1/#comment-188 bill crabb Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:25:02 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=76#comment-188 Obviously we had no penmanship structure in Villa Eden school. Maybe we did after all because Arlie's and my scrawls are very similar. However, your point is well taken. Great Grandpa Clive had beautiful penmanship as well. Obviously we had no penmanship structure in Villa Eden school. Maybe we did after all because Arlie’s and my scrawls are very similar. However, your point is well taken. Great Grandpa Clive had beautiful penmanship as well.

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