Can you write in cursive?

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@geonz @futurebird Oh, yes. I have worked as a consultant, and reading upside down is an essential meeting skill.

[thad@brontosin.space]

@futurebird I learned it. I painstakingly worked on improving my penmanship and that was good for my fine motor skills.

But I had teachers in 6th grade who were militant about submitting papers in cursive, because "that's how adults communicate", not this computer fad.

I can't think of a single instance in my adult life I've written anything in cursive. I don't even sign my name in cursive.

Calligraphy is an art and I respect it as a skill, but no, it's not how I communicate as an adult.

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@futurebird @jiub I think fine motor skills are an issue too, *but* where I taught folks w/ learning disabilities, *everybody* learned cursive -- but we were friendly about it -- for lots of researched reasons. Some hated it but most appreciated -- esp if they had horrible writng -- that it was a lot easier to read your own writing when you could see where words ended and new ones started. IT was the 1990s though. Everybody also learned keyboarding.

[bencotterill@mastodon.social]

@futurebird My handwriting has always been awful.
Was very jealous when my cousins went to live in france and had their cursive corrected. There were school classes for international students.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@jmax @geonz

As a tutor and teaching I've learned to write upside down (eg I can write so you can read it when I'm sitting face to face with you. )

I'm a little flattered by how much it freaks people out. But it's not hard. Just imagine your wrist is extra flexible and you are writing right side up.

I can't do mirror writing and that makes me sad... but someday I'll learn.

[superflippy@mastodon.xyz]

@futurebird It’s not much different than how you learned to write upside down. I taught myself to write backwards with my left hand back in high school. But I can only do it in cursive!

[billyjoebowers@mastodon.online]

@futurebird

I never wrote in cursive when I was young, when that was considered weird. Now I am starting to again.

[luana@wetdry.world]

@futurebird Yes, and it’s like the only way I handwrite

[luana@wetdry.world]

@futurebird Other — I like to write by hand, it’s my preferred writing method by far, but my handwriting is kinda ugly

[pawpower@beige.party]

@superflippy @futurebird I can write and read braille upside down which is necessary for a braille teacher. Also when you write braille with a slate and stylus you are writing it backward because you are literally punching every hole out from behind. I can sign my name in cursive, but if I'm going to write print letters, they are not in cursive and I have to remember how the lines go and often I write them backwards or upside down because I forget which way they point. Also my handwriting looks like that of a particularly hyper six-year-old. I can read raised print such as the numbers on a credit card with my fingertips but writing is harder because I don't do it but once every few years.

[woe2you@beige.party]

@futurebird I don't have the education to be a doctor but I have the handwriting.

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@futurebird @jmax Yes, I learned that too. I *think* I could do mirror writing too. I sort of visualize what it should look like and trace what I "see."
Now, I can't (I don't think ) do *cursive* upside down.

[andrew@mastodon.furrow.me]

@futurebird needs more options:

yes, definitely, for sure!
yes but I don’t do all the letters exactly right
only when I’m feeling fancy

[frank@f.reun.de]

@superflippy @futurebird Yeah... ok... now to the real thing: can you write with both hands independently at the same time? I certainly cannot.

[davemasondotme@mastodon.social]

@futurebird
Yes, but only when I sign my name.

[penpencilbrush@mstdn.social]

@futurebird Mind blown! In the "yes, every day" category.
Wasn't aware that some people don't write in cursive, that it is optional.
Loving the eye-opening comments.

[panegyr@meow.social]

@futurebird while taking notes it kinda naturally blends into halfway to cursive because it’s easier just to keep the pen moving than stopping and starting all the time

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@stateofgary @theowrites

They only see it on old documents and in movies for magic spells.

[nunavutbirder@mas.to]

@futurebird @penpencilbrush Strangely I’d only write in cursive when I’d write numbers on a cheque. And I haven’t written a cheque in years.

[kydiamusic@mastodon.social]

@futurebird

I journal every night, in cursive. Supposedly it helps with memory retention, which I struggle with. But I often substitute a printed letter or 2, because imo some cursive letters just look dumb (mostly the capitalized ones, if they are too different from the printed version).

One time a lady complimented my handwriting, and I’ll never forget how surprised and pleased that made me feel. I think it’s barely legible.