Can You Read Cursive?

[Ninomaniac]

The young lady on question is an illiterate dumbass.
Also, this is the first time in my life I've heard of someone who can't read cursive. Go USA!

 

[micro racer]

I'm 33 and I can read and write cursive but my handwriting is terrible in print or cursive.

I'm 20 and I'm exactly the same...

A lot of my classmates from high school and now in college could probably read cursive and write it if they needed to, but it just isn't useful anymore. Everything I've turned in at college would not be accepted if it wasn't typed (to more easily check for plagiarism), so there isn't a need for elegant or clean handwriting. Also, my science teachers/professors wanted everything in the lab journal in print, specifically for universal legibility, as somebody else mentioned.

On the other hand, reading an analog clock is nearly impossible for some of those same classmates, and THAT is something to complain about...

 

[Ditchrat]

Wow, never realized the younger ones might not be taught cursive. What do they do for signatures then? It could be they just don't want to make any mistakes with a will, as print would definitely be more legible for a legal document.

They cant read clocks either.

 

[BUBBA069]

Both of my kids learned cursive in the 5th grade (17 and 19 now). The school does not force them to write in cursive. They stress fast typing more than anything.

Both my kids hate analog clocks, not because they can't read them, but for the noise they make.

 

[Old Kid]

They cant read clocks either.

Some schools in England are replacing analogue clocks with digital ones because kids don't understand them.

 

[Mike Flea]

I'll be 60 soon, I learned to read and write cursive, although my cursive is horrendous, so when sending notes I usually print it out. My Mom, Dad and both my brothers had beautiful handwriting skills, the only time I had a hard time reading my Mom's handwriting was after she had her stroke and it paralyzed the left side of her body. She was a righty, but it affected the left lobe of her brain. My eldest brother learned to write in the Old English style with Calligraphy. I remember he had to do an essay in college entirely written in Old English.

 

[skinnyj]

I'll be 60 soon, I learned to read and write cursive, although my cursive is horrendous, so when sending notes I usually print it out. My Mom, Dad and both my brothers had beautiful handwriting skills, the only time I had a hard time reading my Mom's handwriting was after she had her stroke and it paralyzed the left side of her body. She was a righty, but it affected the left lobe of her brain. My eldest brother learned to write in the Old English style with Calligraphy. I remember he had to do an essay in college entirely written in Old English.

I can read it, but I have long since forgotten how to write it. I had hideous penmanship, and being a child of the '80s, took advantage of word processing. When I took notes, I always printed, as it was easier for me to read, later.

 

[Levi]

Guess I'm getting old. I remember when I learned cursive in school. One of my kids is in high school and the other starting 6th grade this fall do not know how to write in cursive. Guess it's a old schools thing that is dead with us old timers

 

[Frank211]

To be Frank,(had to,lol) my mind is going bonkers(not literally) , reading what a few of you are saying, what a trip, not knowing or at that teaching cursive WOW ! Thats what i learned in school,is how to handwrite(cursive) , then some can't read a clock ? What the F@%k. Amazing the way the world is going ! Dumbing down of humanity ! No disrespect to any of yall, but DAMN, that's how i see it .

 

[skinnyj]

To be Frank,(had to,lol) my mind is going bonkers(not literally) , reading what a few of you are saying, what a trip, not knowing or at that teaching cursive WOW ! Thats what i learned in school,is how to handwrite(cursive) , then some can't read a clock ? What the F@%k. Amazing the way the world is going ! Dumbing down of humanity ! No disrespect to any of yall, but DAMN, that's how i see it .

When people speak of the current generation, I look at it like:

What did our parents say about us?

What did their parents say about them?

Rinse & repeat.

The world hasn't ended... :mrgreen:

 

[Ditchrat]

When people speak of the current generation, I look at it like:

What did our parents say about us?

What did their parents say about them?

Rinse & repeat.

The world hasn't ended... :mrgreen:

No this is different. Every generation was better then the last. Each built on the previous ones accomplishments.



This one is just fing stupid. They cant do anything.

 

[micro racer]

No this is different. Every generation was better then the last. Each built on the previous ones accomplishments.



This one is just fing stupid. They cant do anything.

I'd argue that this generation's skill-set is simply so different from previous generations that it only appears that we can't do anything, as we can't to anything that was important to the previous generations.

Example: While I can't do the metalwork and hands-on fabrication that my dad does (he's teaching me a little), I can design, test, and fabricate my own parts through CAD and 3D printing. From a more philosophical standpoint, I would say that the workload has changed from physical to mental; I don't use my hands, but I have to consider a lot more variables simultaneously to produce a complete working model.


Separately, I'd argue that the only reason my generation appears to be useless is social media... Back in ye olde days, every small town had a group of kids that did absolutely nothing, but the town was generally isolated from the same groups in other towns. Now, the idiots can amass on social media and it gives the illusion that a significantly larger group of idiots exists than really does. What about all the middle-aged drug addicts in the midwest? They're not millenials or GenZ (whatever), they're of the generation that complains about my generation, but they nonetheless contribute jack shit as well.

 

[skinnyj]

I'd argue that this generation's skill-set is simply so different from previous generations that it only appears that we can't do anything, as we can't to anything that was important to the previous generations.

Example: While I can't do the metalwork and hands-on fabrication that my dad does (he's teaching me a little), I can design, test, and fabricate my own parts through CAD and 3D printing. From a more philosophical standpoint, I would say that the workload has changed from physical to mental; I don't use my hands, but I have to consider a lot more variables simultaneously to produce a complete working model.


Separately, I'd argue that the only reason my generation appears to be useless is social media... Back in ye olde days, every small town had a group of kids that did absolutely nothing, but the town was generally isolated from the same groups in other towns. Now, the idiots can amass on social media and it gives the illusion that a significantly larger group of idiots exists than really does. What about all the middle-aged drug addicts in the midwest? They're not millenials or GenZ (whatever), they're of the generation that complains about my generation, but they nonetheless contribute jack shit as well.

Kind of like all that Tide pod nonsense. I asked my step-kids about that and my oldest rolled her eyes and said it was a stupid social media thing that blew up bigger than it really was. She went on to say no one she knew was dumb enough to eat a Tide pod.

 

[Greatscott]

I don't think they teach it in many schools anymore..pretty sad, I guess they cant even read your constitution either..thats really lame.
Personally I think a person would have to be pretty stunned stupid to not be able to figure it out.

Yeah, it makes you wonder... After there are enough people that can't read cursive you'll have those precious few that will say, "Don't worry about reading the Constitution, I'll translate it for you..."

- Now, you see right here, it says, "All men were created equal, but some men are more equal..."

 

[JatoTheRipper]

They won't teach cursive, but they'll teach common core math that doesn't make sense and takes twice as long to complete a simple problem. We are being led by the clueless and the useless.

 

[Jim85IROC]

My 9 year old can read cursive if he takes his time, and he's never been taught to do so. It's not difficult. Enough of the alphabet is recognizable and you just figure out the rest.

Any adult that claims not to be able to read cursive is stupid or lazy, or some combination of the two.

 

[Chiphead]

Interesting that this came up on RCCrawler. Last week we had a couple of recent high school graduates come in to accept an award from the coop I work for. They were asked to sign their names on the bottom of the award. The one kid printed his name. One of the board of directors told him he had to sign his name in cursive. The kid did not know how to write cursive. Ended up being a major embarrassment for the kid and the board member. This all played out in front of everyone that attended the board meeting. Later the board member was commenting on how floored he was that the kids did not know cursive.

I brought up the story to my wife, who is a middle school teacher, her comment was "They don't test for cursive. If it is not on the test, we aren't expected to teach it". She said that she does spend time teaching cursive to her 7th graders because the Constitution and other documents are written in cursive.

The state of affairs in education is bad. When the state politicians are only concerned about test scores. The kids are learning anything except how to take tests.

 

[cmbscx10]

WTF you can't tell time by one of those old timy things with two hands and 12 numbers?

The teacher says Here's a deal for you kiddos. The first person to tell me what time it is WITHOUT looking it up on your cell phone gets an A. I guess the whole class gets an F nowadays. Help us all if you get lost and have to use your watch as a compass.

 

[sherbs]

Do you want to throw a millennial or younger into a nose dive do this- Go to a store, buy some items, lets say $11.67 and hand them a $20 bill, After they punch it in, change your mind ask for the $20 back and hand then a $10 and a $5. Step back and watch the fun. Besides cursive they can't count change back.

 

[zohn]

or when something costs $4.10 and you give them a 5 dollar bill and a quarter and they try to hand the quarter back.