Cursive Writing History

In conclusion, cursive does not need to leave it needs to stay. We need it to sigh things for checks or for work. When cursive was used way back in the day people had to learn it or they would not pass. Cursive takes time and takes time from more things to do. It would help them in the long run. Cursive was used to push people to write when they couldn’t do it. And that is way I think cursive should stay in schools today. There for, you should try to learn and keep cursive alive. We are going to need it one day but it might be

Through the years, many people have stated that cursive should not be taught in schools. Reading historical documents, personalization, and brain function involves cursive. Cursive writing definitely has a place in our digital society.

As pointed out by Penny Joy a curriculum coordinator of Plymouth Canton Community Schools, she quotes that “ normally she receives a lot more calls daily with parents asking her why her school continues to teach cursive than calls requiring that more time be devoted to teaching cursive writing”. She continues to say that “she sees no reason to continue teaching cursive in her school since they don’t have time for it”. They would rather allocate that time and resources to other industrious subjects and projects.

Some people believe that it that cursive is a waste of time and should not be taught. Not all people think that cursive is not used and does not need to be used, but some do. Technology is taking the place of cursive handwriting, with typing. Typing is very easy and legible. Some people assume that e-mailing and text is easier than cursive writing. Most people that mix cursive and regular hand writing tend to write faster. Cursive is not used very much and people may be losing a link from their past.

Did you know cursive takes away core subjects like Math and Reading? Well, it does and that’s bad because that means you could make you less smart. In my opinion, cursive writing should not be taught today. First, it takes too much time. Second, it’s frustrating for parents. Lastly, you can gain a life skill because cursive might be easy for you when you grow up.

Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you didn't have cursive, at ALL? Cursive should still be taught in school. Cursive can help you with your reading and writing skills. In fact, it can also help you read cursive. Mainly, if you can't write in cursive, you can't fill out documents and bills when you get older. I hope after you read my paper you will want to keep cursive too!

Cursive writing hasn’t been taught in schools for a while and will result in increased difficulties for students now and in the future. There are many things that involve cursive writing such as writing signatures or reading old documents. I think cursive writing should be taught because cursive inspires creativity, can be used as a tool, and develops motor skills for our brains. In my opinion, because cursive has many benefits, this form of writing should be taught in schools today.

In addition, Cursive is easier and saves more time than print. Cursive is better than printing because it takes less time, is easier than picking the pencil or pen up several times to write a word as in cursive you only pick your pencil up at a new word, it’s also way cleaner than print or some say it used to be. Furthermore, cursive has a long period of history it covers the crumbled

The article’s, “Is It Time for Cursive to Die?”, written by Lauren Tarshis, and “Why I Keep My Letters”, written by Nina Sankovitch, both agree with different sides when it comes to us humans keeping cursive or not. Despite both articles giving good evidence to support their claim, I have come to the conclusion that the form of writing cursive should be preserved, not forgotten. One reason they cursive should not be forgotten is because of the history that comes from it. For instance, the article states, “Thomas Jefferson penned one of our country’s most famous documents, the Declaration of Independence, in glorious cursive” (Tarshis 19). This piece of evidence shows how some of the most important events in history used cursive, showing how

In the article, “Why We Shouldn’t Write Off Cursive” by Bobby George and June George, talks about cursive. The authors argue how cursive should be taught in school and should be considered more valuable. Right now, 45 states has omitted cursive from the required school curricula. I remember when I studied in a private school at India, we had to learn cursive. It was not an optional, it was a must and we were pretty much was graded on how neat/good you write it. Personally, I think cursive is very neat, elegant, and rich looking and I believe it helps you get a good handwriting too.

As time goes on it's important to know the origins of everything we use and do everyday, but at the same time move on and be able to learn new things that will help our future. I agree that it's important to know cursive and be able to write it, but I also agree with not being caught up with the old system rather innovate new technology and learn how to use it. The three thing I am going to point out are Cursive is something that should be an option, but not forgotten, The everyday things we say or text are changing our culture, and why innovation is important.

I am against cursive because, we should be learning how to use keyboard’s. Keyboard’s are the new way for almost everything whether it be texting, work, communication, some school work, games, news, books and movies. Not many kids like cursive much less learn or practice it. In keyboarding it's always nice writing, you never run out of ink or led like pencils or pen plus you can print it out on paper to! On computers you can more than one thing at a time.

In today's world cursive is not beneficial anymore. If you look at today's world versus when our parents were younger. our worlds are quite different. I don't think it would have a big impact on adults or teens if teaching cursive was banned. Cursive might of been useful then, but is it now?

I never got the hand of cursive; I never learned to do my z’s and half of the captable letters. It never stuck to me and it frustrates me. Most teachers write cursive too, so it’s hard to read them. And I am always scared or ashamed to ask the teacher to write it in print or to translate it because it may frustrate the teacher that this generation don't know how to read cursive. Or having to translate it repeatedly for others, in the end having to write the whole text again in print. The whole point of cursive is to write quicker. Who wouldn’t want to write faster when the powerpoint lesson is passing through? Through history, they replace quill pens for ballpoint pens; pens replaced with typewriters; and now computers go faster than typewriters. With all this advanced technology, why need the skill to write with your hands; when you can just type it up and save trees.

Living in a society where computer skills are required for most of the jobs in our country, cursive writing has been neglected by new technology. A signature is no longer needed for legal documents.The global economy requries that you have printing skills rather than to write in cursive.