I had a choice of a foreign language or typing in 8th grade...my mother strongly recommended typing so I took it. This was in 1983. Very useful over the years. I was able to make up the foreign language course by taking Spanish 4 and 5 as independent study as a senior.?ÿ
I suppose I could still write cursive but capitals/upper case are normally closer to the print version. I never found that cursive is faster. Note-taking in school was always print, but maybe that's partially because I'm a southpaw.
I've got one right-handed kid and one left-handed kid. As kindergartners, they both have some funny (strange) ways to make letters. I have to remind myself to stick to trying to make the letters readable not worry about how they're writing them.
I don't practice cursive so it is unbearable. Unlike my wife and daughter who have very nice hand writing skills. I remember when heir apparent was in sorority she practiced and practiced for some reason and would send pages and pages home. I shall offer a pop quiz tonight. Lets call it the Cursive Olympics.?ÿ
I can still write some cursive but I have to concentrate on it.
Good to hear from you Eric.
I haven't written in cursive in almost half a century (wow - that sounds like I'm old!). I quit trying when I started surveying. When I applied for a driver's license renewal I printed my name on the "Signature" line and was rejected. They told me I had to "write" my name. I said "I did. That is how I write my name." They refused to issue me a license until I provide an illegible scrawl. I have to renew this year, and will print my name. If they require?ÿ cursive I will turn around and walk out the door...
I have printed since 9th grade. Doing manual drafting got me to printing all the time, except for my signature.
Back in '01, my divorce lawyer guessed my occupation at the time by seeing my handwriting. He guessed I was a drafter or had been taught drafting (which I was even though it was mostly digital by '01)
