Handwriting

I am a teacher and I don't understand this trend of adults using printing instead of cursive writing. In my opinion, printing is beginning writing, for little children. When they get older, they learn to add to their skill and connect their letters together to make real writing. If I ever need to hire someone and they signed their resume in printing rather than cursive, I wouldn't even bother to read the rest of it. It would go in the wastebasket because I would think, "Here is someone who is too lazy to even learn to use an acceptable writing form. He will probably be careless and lazy in everything else, also.

I will do either actually. Some days I'll write in print and other days it'll be a cursive/script style. I don't see why teachers even need to complain about the style of writing as long as its good and clear and you can properly read everything. Once again this issue isn't really all that important in my view, as long as I can read what someone is writing I don't care what it looks like.

I use cursive, my print writing ain't great! I know lots of people who have very neat writing, but mine's more, what you'd say, free-willed! lol It's grand if I'm writing at a leisurely pace, but when I've to rush that when the ugly side comes out.

I much prefer print. I love my print, but I don't really like my cursive. I think that it is alright, but I just like my print better. I think teachers to be focusing on both. Children still need to know how to write in cursive. But, the computer age is progressing, so children also need to understand how to use the computer and how to type. You need to know how to write in cursive, not just for signing. :)

I think cursive writing is beautiful, but mine is just awful. I print when I write. I really dont know many people who write in cursive anymore. I sign my name in cursive - but I cant remember the last letter I wrote someone that wasnt hand printed or typed.

Since both of my handwriting is extremely hard to read, I prefer writing in prints, although, one of my greatest frustrations is writing perfectly in cursive 'cause it looks sexier than print, haha.I have nothing against typing, though, since it's way easier and faster than writing in hand.

I like to print, but, my cursive and print are awful. I don't even know what I wrote down most of the time. I think we need typing skills alot in this day and age, but, we should learn to write legable too.

Well, I used to be pretty good at cursive but hated it because I never liked it. I went back to print and found that over the years it's become a mix of both. I like it a lot now. I think that elementary teachers need to focus on both. Why focus on one and not the other?

To be honest. I stopped handwriting ages ago and cant recall how anymore :/ I can sign my name the full one but barely and thats about it! So I print more often. Sometimes I would rather type. However, I think kids gotta learn to print & handwrite both. Typing is GOOD when you are on the computer but NOT if you are NOT. Know what I mean?

I write in both print and cursive. And I do mean both. I will start out printing, and will start writing cursive halfway through. I do think that children should still learn how to write in cursive. It may seem like it's becoming obsolete, but what happens when they don't have a computer, because the system is down, and they need to write a note to someone? Cursive is a lot more impressive.

I prefer to write in print. It is more readable and my hand writing is much better when printed. Cursive is very hard to read. We have our own styles of writing it. I guess it's an SOP for schools to teach cursive writing for us to be able to read cursive letters too.

Good question. I hope the answer is "No," because my cursive is really bad. Printing is the only way I ever write by hand; I type whenever possible. The only time I sign my name in "cursive" is whenever legibility is mandated. My real signature is a scribble. :P

D'Nealian is a wonderful method that we teach at our school in the early grades. It is designed to...when properly taught....help "walk" children easily into cursive writing. Printing is beautiful too...it is all just a preference, not all that important. Printing can be beautiful so it is just up to the individual.

I use both cursive and printing as and when required. I enjoy writing out in pen than in typing. Tying does not allow you to develop and understand what your personality is. But cursive on the other hand gives wider scope to know what kind of a person you are. But with ages of computerisation coming up, its not mere necessary to implement cursive but yes, one should know what a handwriting is rather than become too mechanical with just typing.

I think it is good that we learn both. It helps to establish a personal preference. I know people that combine cursive and print. Some that write only print and other only cursive. I guess it really depends on the person. And it what helps us to identify a person's handwriting. :)

I usually print or type because it is much easier to read. I use cursive for my signature though.

see i being a teacher has always given relative importance to the handwritin...and undoubtedly it is an issue if a school is not giving the expected importqance to the handwritint --after all everywhere you wouldnt get onto a typing device to type--- See I personally like typing more than writing becasue my speed at typing is better than that at writing.... not not at all becuase I have got a bad one---coz I have a good one(LOL!!) but one should never ignore something which actually presents him and his first impression---and the handwritin does!!!

Don't know what the technology is bringing our life into, people say i have a good hand writing. I think its important to give more focusing on cursive writing as these are also something that shows our identity. Its important to have a good typing skill in todays age but just remember if tomorrow your kid cannot write his own name by his own hand with a pen or a pencil. Let's atleast encourage our kids to give some importance on cursive writing.

Definitely cursive. It gives you an opportunity to be creative. Swoops and swirls. A fun form of nonverbal communication. I think at some point cursive writing will become obsolete. It will be known as an art form called calligraphy. Who knows, they might teach it as a separate class in junior high. It is so much easier to type on the computer than to write all of those words by hand.

I am no good with handwriting, I Love to print and it is much better and easy to read!