[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Printing is prevalent today because children are allowed to print. It's easier for poor little johnnie to print than sweat over a peice of paper trying to form a correct "r" in cursive. When I was in school, once we learned cursive, we were required to use cursive. Printing was not accepted. Period. In Math, when I was in school showing one's work was required. Now, it seems to be an option. I am the one insisting my son show his work, not his math teacher.

Perhaps instead of dropping it all together, we should go back to the mindset of "this is what we require of you, do it."

As I tell my son, if this is the worst thing you must do in your life, I want your life.

[babyface00]

I agree. I'm the product of private Catholic elementary school. Cursive was just another class, and we didn't have to spend that much time on it. There wasn't a question of learning it - it was expected of us and our parents insured we learned it. When I went to public high school, I was quite amazed at the pathetic quality of penmanship from my public-educated peers.

I happen to be able to type with the best of them, yet there are still times when writing a note is important, both in business and in personal life, and cursive is much faster than printing if you've developed any skill at it.

Plus, nothing beats a personal, hand-written (in cursive) letter for writing a thank you, love letter, or other important correspondence.

[constitutiongirl]

Well stated, as usual. :)

[Emily RN]

From the investigating I've been doing into my son's learning problems there seems to be a growing indication that dyslexic problems may result from poor cursive writing skills and that people with LDs can be helped by learning cursive writing correctly. Are LDs on the rise? Could this be a contributing factor?

[Nate505]

Perhaps instead of dropping it all together, we should go back to the mindset of "this is what we require of you, do it."

Why? Print writing is much easier to read. There's a reason why nobody uses cursive fonts on the internet...the only time I use cursive is to sign my name.