Cursive vs. Print vs. Typing-Is Writing (Especially Cursive) Fading Out?

[nickyivyca]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_on_re_us/us_cursive_angst

What do you think? My teacher doesn't force us to use cursive. It's too messy for me. I just automatically connect some letters myself. I also type more of my stuff, too. So I don't write all that much.

What's it like at your school?

[ninjablooper]

I write in school and type all my papers.

[(DL)*DARK*]

I print and type. Cursive is too messy.

[momo lad]

Well, some of my Teachers require us to write in Cursive, but I usually Write in Print. With my horrible handwriting.

[cheat-master30]

I still write in cursive sometimes, although for me, it's just I find typing a lot easier than manually writing at this point in time, and hence don't really write in any standard way most of the time.

[Hathril]

Meh, I write in Medevil.

[Fire Luigi]

Cursive is definately fading out. The only time when I use cursive is when I write a signature or something. If I'm at home I type if it's something over half a page long, otherwise I just write.

[MrLuigi]

I have made my own writing preference; Jotting

[cheat-master30]

To be fair, I'm personally old fashioned enough I really find it difficult just to write in plain print or non joined letters.

[Chrisjh0223]

I print and type.

Same here, I write in print and type. I type for all my schoolwork now (I also did this primarily in high school) and when I write I print. I hardly ever write in cursive now, I only write in cursive if I'm signing something.

Because 90% to 100% of this world has gone digital now, I believe cursive is a near thing of the past.

[Fire Luigi]

To be fair, I'm personally old fashioned enough I really find it difficult just to write in plain print or non joined letters.
Hmm, that's pretty interesting, cheat. I do have a knack sometimes that I want to write cursive, but I don't. Meh, weird.

[Zexis]

I always use cursive. It's tight, fast, and stylish :D Wouldn't have it any other way.

[cheat-master30]

To be fair, I'm personally old fashioned enough I really find it difficult just to write in plain print or non joined letters.
Hmm, that's pretty interesting, cheat. I do have a knack sometimes that I want to write cursive, but I don't. Meh, weird.

It's interesting because for me, it takes more effort not to join letters and such like. I find it faster to write in cursive. Not that it's saying much, I am a far faster typer than standard writer.

I always use cursive. It's tight, fast, and stylish :D Wouldn't have it any other way.

Agreed Zexis, truly agreed.

[MrLuigi]

Messy cursive is by far impossible to read. That's why Life Science FORBIDS cursive. Period.

[TheUltimateKoopa]

I seem to write in what is known as "woah.... is that a piece of screwed up string"...

[dragonboy]

Cursive annoys me. In cursive you have to make a gazillion loopdeloops, all over the place and you waste a lot of time doing that. Reading cursive is even more annoying, "uv" looks exactly like "w," "cl" looks exactly like "d."

[Zamurick]

My elementary school forced the learning of handwriting.

It's an option from then on.