Remember in 2nd Grade when all the kids were excited to abandon printing for the more grown-up writing method called CURSIVE? Well, in case you haven’t noticed, Cursive has been missing in action lately and is about as outdated and unnecessary as traveling coast to coast in a horse and buggy.
No offense Cursive, but who needs you? Seriously. Hardly anyone hand writes a letter anymore, now that email and texting is available and all the rage. Hardly anyone signs and sends a hard copy birthday or holiday greeting card anymore, now that eCards, email and texting is available as an instant send. And writing checks? Fuhgetaboutit! Automatic pay through my bank, or QuikPay methods online or via my smartphone is good enough for me, thank you very much!
Cursive has been dying a slow death for some time now, and not just at the hands of modern technology. For years, I and everyone I know have been writing some interesting blend of printing and cursive, that often seemed bold and daring, similar to coloring outside the lines. In fact, it’s been so long since I’ve written anything in Cursive, I’ve almost forgotten how. And that’s sad, since I was my 2nd Grade “Best Cursive Handwriting” winner, with a certificate from the teacher that year and everything!
It was a great ride, Cursive. But just like the VCR, the telephone Answering Machine and the old black and red ribboned manual typewriter, your time has come and gone.
Thanks for everything!
Wow. You're probably right DJ. But I think it's pretty sad. Gadgets of all eras come to an end…no surprise there. But *writing* (whether it be printing or Cursive) is a Skill ..not a gadget and therefore, IMO, it still has a lot of value. I'm probably in the minority. But I think a society that surrenders most of its human knowledge, skills and abilities to technology is a society doomed to become little more than a society *Ruled* by machines. With all of the technological advances in tele-communications and other related fields, more and more young people have lost the ability to write, calculate mathematically, Communicate face-to-face, critcally think, etc.A massive blowout preventing people from being able to access the many gadgets We've now become so dependent on would trigger major calamities and pure chaos. Some people would darn near lose their minds because they'd be forced to USE THEIR BRAINS and natural skills and abilities for the first time in a loooong time, IF EVER. Many of them have forgotten, or perhaps never learned, how to… Read more »