Do kids still learn cursive in school?

[Borosai]

I started writing in cursive when I was about 8 (2nd grade). On the first day of class in 3rd grade, I wrote an assignment in cursive, which the teacher threw away because she only wanted print (you can imagine what effect that had on me - I still haven't recovered). Anyway, now my handwriting is a mix - some letters flow into each other for smoother writing, and it's legible, so I'm satisfied. However, I do write my sig in cursive.

Hmmm, now I want to start writing in cursive again. Damn.

[E20]

As a rule of thumb, men are supposed to write in small caps. That is, unless you are studying to be a doctor, in which case use illegible chicken scratch that looks kind of like Arabic.

That's me right there. Neurosurgeon. Probably will never happen, but I'm pretty sure I can get a Master's in Neurobiology.

[DarkReign]

I write in cursive all of the time.

Youre a chick. Youre supposed to. Along with making the circle to dot your 'i' and always put the "S" swoop with two parallel, angled lines under the word you want emphasized.

Men write in small caps.

[DarkReign]

To chime in...

I can write in cursive to this day...its just I nor anyone else can read it with any consistency.

[DarkReign]

...but I'm pretty sure I can get a Master's in Neurobiology.

...and my faith in medical science just took a tremendous dip.

[Spurminator]

I only do small caps for very short notes... otherwise, it's plain uppercase/lowercase print.

[SpursWoman]

Youre a chick. Youre supposed to. Along with making the circle to dot your 'i' and always put the "S" swoop with two parallel, angled lines under the word you want emphasized.

Men write in small caps.

I might add, I'm a 36 year old woman ... I quit drawing hearts/circles to dot my "i" a long time ago

I do actually use a print "s". Don't know why.

[E20]

...and my faith in medical science just took a tremendous dip.

Oh yeah I act like a /bozo/idiot on the internet, but in real life I'm actually pretty serious about school and I'm also prety boring.

[DarkReign]

Oh yeah I act like a /bozo/idiot on the internet, but in real life I'm actually pretty serious about school and I'm also prety boring.

Bustin your balls. Attain your dreams, period.

[SpursWoman]

Men write in small caps.

And I don't know what in the world my SO writes in ... but I don't think it's English.

[katyon6th]

Youre a chick. Youre supposed to. Along with making the circle to dot your 'i' and always put the "S" swoop with two parallel, angled lines under the word you want emphasized.

Men write in small caps.

Only girls wearing pig tails in grade school should be dotting their "i's" with a circle. It's unacceptable, otherwise.

Apparently you can tell a lot by a person's handwriting.

I found this website that is pretty interesting, http://www.handwritinganalysisinc.com/. (Maybe not that interesting since you have to pay for an analysis.)

[DarkReign]

I might add, I'm a 36 year old woman ... I quit drawing hearts/circles to dot my "i" a long time ago

I do actually use a print "s". Don't know why.

Hehe...I know, I just used the opportunity to make a stereotypical joke.

Stereotypical in that its completely true...for women under the age of 18 (maybe 25 these days).

[CuckingFunt]

98% of what I write is in a bas ized cursive/print hybrid that's mostly cursive, but I can still write very neatly (both print and cursive) when I need to.

There are certain letters, however that I've always just refused to write in cursive -- the upper case F, G, P, Q, R, S, and T suck and I won't do 'em. If I need to write in cursive and I encounter any of those letters, they're just a somewhat fancier version of print.

[CuckingFunt]

Hehe...I know, I just used the opportunity to make a stereotypical joke.

Stereotypical in that its completely true...for women under the age of 18 (maybe 25 these days).

Not completely true. I've never (unless intentionally trying to make a joke) dotted my i's with anything other than a dot.

[E20]

98% of what I write is in a bas ized cursive/print hybrid that's mostly cursive, but I can still write very neatly (both print and cursive) when I need to.

There are certain letters, however that I've always just refused to write in cursive -- the upper case F, G, P, Q, R, S, and T suck and I won't do 'em. If I need to write in cursive and I encounter any of those letters, they're just a somewhat fancier version of print.

I agree with the bolded statment, except R.

[katyon6th]

Hehe...I know, I just used the opportunity to make a stereotypical joke.

Stereotypical in that its completely true...for women under the age of 18 (maybe 25 these days).

Not true. I just turned 24 and I dont think I've ever used circles to dot my i's. Hearts, maybe, but never circles.

[baseline bum]

About the only time I ever use cursive is in writing the unit vectors i=(0,0,1), j=(0,1,0), and k=(0,0,1).

[ploto]

My child practiced cursive writing starting in second grade, but he goes to Catholic school. He even got handwriting grades in elementary school.

[kingsfan]

Damn times have changed, I always write in cursive and when I was back in school we even had grades for handwriting.
No hearts on the I though. Don't you people ever have to fill out job applications or actually write letters? That's a lost art form.

[Spurminator]

You fill out job applications in cursive?

[kingsfan]

You fill out job applications in cursive?

I do, but my printing is illegible.

[CuckingFunt]

Don't you people ever have to fill out job applications or actually write letters? That's a lost art form.

It's been over a decade since I've had to fill out a job application, but I love writing actual letters. I don't do it as often anymore, though, because I hate writing a really good letter and getting a ten word response via email.

[Extra Stout]

Damn times have changed, I always write in cursive and when I was back in school we even had grades for handwriting.
No hearts on the I though. Don't you people ever have to fill out job applications or actually write letters? That's a lost art form.

Job application? For the good jobs, the applications are all electronic.

[SpursWoman]

The only kind of letters I've had to write in a very long time are notes to my kids' teachers to excuse absences.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I learned cursive in grade school. For the most part I always write in cursive.

They taught him cursive, but not what the language actually means!

Okay, back down off the red button, I'm not starting a flame war... but when you say things like "For the most part I always" (a blatant contradiction), I have to comment.