Can you write in cursive?
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Can you write in cursive?
@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.
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I'm a huge fan of cursive but was never forced to use it. I think that might be the problem.
@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.
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Regardless if it's cursive or not, do you like your handwriting?
@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. -
@geonz @futurebird Oh, yes. I have worked as a consultant, and reading upside down is an essential meeting skill.
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.
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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.
@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!
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Can you write in cursive?
I never wrote in cursive when I was young, when that was considered weird. Now I am starting to again.
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Can you write in cursive?
@futurebird Yes, and it’s like the only way I handwrite
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Regardless if it's cursive or not, do you like your handwriting?
@futurebird Other — I like to write by hand, it’s my preferred writing method by far, but my handwriting is kinda ugly
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@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!
@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.
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Can you write in cursive?
@futurebird I don't have the education to be a doctor but I have the handwriting.
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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.
@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
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Can you write in cursive?
@futurebird needs more options:
yes, definitely, for sure!
yes but I don’t do all the letters exactly right
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@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!
@superflippy @futurebird Yeah... ok... now to the real thing: can you write with both hands independently at the same time?
I certainly cannot. 
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Can you write in cursive?
@futurebird
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Can you write in cursive?
@futurebird Mind blown! In the "yes, every day" category.
Wasn't aware that some people don't write in cursive, that it is optional.
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Can you write in cursive?
@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
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They only see it on old documents and in movies for magic spells.
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Can you write in cursive?
@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.
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Can you write in cursive?
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.
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@Virginicus @futurebird Oh I did have one teacher try very very hard to force me to write right-handed. She absolutely hated me with a passion. I guess somehow I didn't get at the time what a terrible person she was. When she first did it everyone else was watching a movie and I was forced to do handwriting lessons. But she didn't stand there over me, so I pretty much just watched the movie across the divider while pretending to do the lessons.
It's very weird to me that people actually treated being left-handed as actually evil.
