Can you read and write in cursive?

Contributor: sillylilkitten sillylilkitten
I remember learning cursive in elementary school, and being told that this was the way we were going to have to write from now on, but that obviously didn't end up being the case. Can anyone still read and write in cursive?
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Yes, I can read and write it.
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I can read and write it, but it takes a bit more effort than print.
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I can read it, but I can't write it.
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Not really.
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Not at all.
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Total votes: 166 (164 voters)
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Contributor: PeaceToTheMiddleEast PeaceToTheMiddleEast
Yes I can still read and write in cursive.
01/27/2013
Contributor: K101 K101
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
I remember learning cursive in elementary school, and being told that this was the way we were going to have to write from now on, but that obviously didn't end up being the case. Can anyone still read and write in cursive?
Yes I can. I learned to read cursive in the first grade and learned to write in cursive shortly after. I've been teaching one of the kids how to read and write cursive the past couple of months. Not going so well.

You know, I still cannot figure out why the extra learning of cursive writing was ever necessary. I probably wasted months of my time in the first grade learning that crap. LOL. I just never did see why it mattered, although I do write in cursive when I have to sign my signature, but only because it's the "proper" way to do it.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Incendiaire Incendiaire
I don't know anyone who doesn't write in cursive.
01/27/2013
Contributor: bog bog
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
I remember learning cursive in elementary school, and being told that this was the way we were going to have to write from now on, but that obviously didn't end up being the case. Can anyone still read and write in cursive?
I have heard that elementary schools are discontinuing cursive writing! What a strange concept! I remember it being the center of my world in second grade.
01/27/2013
Contributor: bog bog
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
I remember learning cursive in elementary school, and being told that this was the way we were going to have to write from now on, but that obviously didn't end up being the case. Can anyone still read and write in cursive?
I have heard that elementary schools are discontinuing cursive writing! What a strange concept! I remember it being the center of my world in second grade.
01/27/2013
Contributor: deltalima deltalima
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
I remember learning cursive in elementary school, and being told that this was the way we were going to have to write from now on, but that obviously didn't end up being the case. Can anyone still read and write in cursive?
I can do it but not well.
01/27/2013
Contributor: TrenchcoatHunters TrenchcoatHunters
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
I remember learning cursive in elementary school, and being told that this was the way we were going to have to write from now on, but that obviously didn't end up being the case. Can anyone still read and write in cursive?
not really
01/27/2013
Contributor: Leather & Lace Leather & Lace
Yes I can read and write in cursive.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Cowgirl-Cutie Cowgirl-Cutie
I can but I write in a unique mix that's all me.
01/27/2013
Contributor: minstrel69 minstrel69
I learned in school, but never had good handwriting so eventually started printing. Still can read and write with it though.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Love Lula Love Lula
Yes, I can do both.
01/27/2013
Contributor: butts butts
I use to only write in cursive but no one could read my writing at ALL, so I trained myself to stop. Now my writing looks more like graffiti somehow. I can still read it but I definitely can't write anymore, not without a LOT of effort haha.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Illusional Illusional
I only did it in grade school and when signing important papers.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
Yes, I can read and write in cursive. It's so sad the younger generations have been deprived of this basic skill.
01/27/2013
Contributor: himynameissteph himynameissteph
I'm not very good at it at all.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
I'm okay at it. But not the best. Damn computers
01/27/2013
Contributor: mlmac mlmac
I can read it, but it's been so long that I even tried to write cursive that I kind of forgotten how to do it.
01/27/2013
Contributor: rosythorn rosythorn
I can rad and write it, but not fluently? It is really pretty and sometimes I slip into it when taking notes.
01/27/2013
Contributor: DirtyAngel7 DirtyAngel7
Quote:
Originally posted by sillylilkitten
I remember learning cursive in elementary school, and being told that this was the way we were going to have to write from now on, but that obviously didn't end up being the case. Can anyone still read and write in cursive?
Can read and write it, but my writing is rusty.
01/27/2013
Contributor: peachmarie peachmarie
I can read and write in cursive, sometimes if I'm going to write in it I'll have to think on it for a second just cause I never use that skill, lol.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Andrey2052 Andrey2052
Yes, I can read and write it.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Hummingbird Hummingbird
I read and write cursive better so than even printing. Though now I tend to use my PC and type out what I have to say. Still all the many years in school, I don't think I'll ever forget how. I still take extra care when I do write to do so neatly and evenly, painfully so. It's probably why I'm not a good note taker.
01/27/2013
Contributor: rainbowbritexx rainbowbritexx
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Originally posted by bog
I have heard that elementary schools are discontinuing cursive writing! What a strange concept! I remember it being the center of my world in second grade.
The schools in my area are thinking of discontinuing it. I think that's kind of crazy.

I personally write in what I call cur-print. It's a mix of the two, I'm sure a lot of people don't appreciate it.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Living Doll Living Doll
I can read and write it but I fail to see the point of it.
01/27/2013
Contributor: married with children married with children
I can, but I dont do it that often. I write on prints all day at work, and you cant use cursive on prints. So out of habit I write the same way at home as I do at work.
01/27/2013
Contributor: Gone (LD29) Gone (LD29)
Yes, I don't know anyone who can't read and write cursive. My everyday writing is a mixture of print and cursive. I think most people are that way.
01/27/2013
Contributor: js250 js250
I can read and write in cursive as well as upside down and backward pages. I do not know of anyone who cannot--but do live in a very small town and it is not discussed as a normal topic.
01/27/2013
Contributor: CountryPrincess CountryPrincess
I can still read and write it but it takes a little longer for me to remember what the letters look like since I havent used it in so long!
01/27/2013
Contributor: Mr. E Mr. E
It's like riding a bike.
01/27/2013