http://bolmanleak.disqus.com/enThu, 18 Sep 2008 20:14:04 -0000http://www.malapropped.com/leak/academia/watch-out-cursive/#comment-2435151<p>Handwriting will probably matter for a long, long time (at least as long as computers exist and can lose their power in hurricanes ... )<br>Research shows, however, that the fastest, clearest handwriters avoid cursive. They join some, not all, of the letters -- making just the easiest joins, and skipping the rest -- and use print-like rather than cursive-style forms for those letters that "disagree" between printing and cursive.</p><p>Since learning to read cursive takes an hour or less (I've taught five-year-olds to do it), and learning to write cursive takes a year or more, I do recommend that students learn how to read cursive for the sake of those who still write in cursive. <br>But why require students to write in a style that the fastest and clearest handwriters avoid?</p><p>Kate Gladstone<br>handwriting instruction and remediation specialist<br>Founder, Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works <br>Director, the World Handwriting Contest<br><a href="http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com">http://www.HandwritingThatW...</a></p>KateGladstoneThu, 18 Sep 2008 20:14:04 -0000http://www.malapropped.com/leak/academia/watch-out-cursive/#comment-364280<p>Hmmm, well written column! but i hate to say i didn't finish it because it was too long for my attention span. ;)<br>Anyways, first thing first, i don't write cursive! i and i personally think that the cursive that most people write and the cursive that is drilled into ones head at the tender grade of 3 is rubbish. why? because when you become a bread winning adult, you'll still write cursive as a third grader.</p><p>cursive is something that should be learned in college or high school as "an art" subject.<br>my advice, learn calligraphy, english letter script-writing AND cursive. Combine these together and knock the socks off anyone, be it employer, girlfriend or client, that's what I am doing and it works, trust me</p>ScadeTue, 22 Apr 2008 09:36:13 -0000