Does anybody still write in cursive and is it important for us to learn it?
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As a teacher we often discuss this.  From what I have seen they introduce cursive in 2nd grade and work on it until 5th grade.  I also know some teachers that insist on having JH work be written in cursive.  It is SOOOO hard to read JH cursive sometimes!!   I ask that they do whatever is neater!!\nI do not know anyone who really uses cursive unles it is just personal choice.  In business, etc. people use word processors, and email, so we really do read, in my opinion, printing!   \nYou may just have to do whatever the teacher requires, and know that is will not be forever!!\nOn a side note, my 9 year old daughter has terrible printing.  I have even talked to her teacher about it.  We both know that her 3rd grade cursive is great!  She explained to me that many Occupational Therapists say thay most kids will write better in one form or the other.  In my daughter's case the cursive seems to be second nature, and printing is a chore!!
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learning it needs lot of hard work...writing we can even copy it but learning cant be done like this
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maybe none. I used to write really really small cause my handwriting was so bad. It looked reallly nice when it was small. I only did it so that it would look nicer and I could get better grades.
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Yes, as a teen myself I have noticed that people don't bother to spell correctly very much anymore. People are just trying to hit as few keys as possible but still get their message across. I do not see why it is so painful to type out the entire word or to retype a misspelled word. Even on yahoo answers, the least used tool is the spell check. I just do not understand why people use slang and abbreviations to save just a few keystrokes.
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penmanship is the style of writing i think
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I used to have terrible handwriting.  Eventually I got super-conscious about it when a boyfriend I had in middle-school had better handwriting then me.\n\nI started to study handwriting on the chalkboard written by my classmates.  I also made more of an effort on my own personal neatness.  I eventually developed my own "style". \n\nMy signature focuses on my initials.  The first letter of each of my names is the neatest, while thre rest of the name tends to go flat.  However, whenever I just initial something....well....that's another matter of discussion.
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getting help. They have special tutors. I also heard when writing if you use a yellow legal pad it's easier to read. Something about the yellow.
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Try to write slowly..and make sure, all ur letters are on the lines of the book..it will automatically make ur work look neat...\nplus, dont leave a lot of space between words...use a pen with a nib that is of a small thickness...get some cursive writing books and practice them constantly...\nhope it works out for u..
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In the past I have been asked to proof read papers people are writing for a college class.  Their grammar and spelling were so bad I just had to tell them to type it in Word and use its spelling and grammar tools to proof it.  Being obsessive compulsive, I just couldn't deal with the thought of it. \n\nI'm not perfect but the lack of grammatical skills most people possess amazes me.  What amazes me even more are the grades college students are getting turning in papers like that.  I imagine there is some point the teachers just throw up their hands and say, "f-ck it!"  \n\nApathy seems to be the root of the problem for both teachers and students; they just don't care.
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I had dreadful handwriting as a child (poor fine motor control) and later became a teacher who had passive to better-than-average handwriting (it never became great).  The first thing is, no one was able to help me with my handwriting, and nagging me about it would have made me not even bother trying.  Second, it gets a lot better naturally around middle school when teachers don't force you to write a particular way (cursive vs. printing) so long as it is neat and you develop your own "handwriting" which will be likely a mix of both.  Having said that, what I did around her age was made myself extra credit out of it.  I made up a "cursive castle" game I did by merely practicing letters on a castle I drew out.  If she's into something, maybe she wouldn't mind decorating it with isolated letters so as to practice formation.  Next, I would recommend trying something like knitting (to start...it's easier to learn than most needlecraft), latchhook, or ideally counted or stamped cross-stitch to develop fine motor control.  This helped me a lot and as my motor control improved, so did my handwriting.  In the end, remember, she has to have motivation to learn to write more neatly and since, in this day and age, computers are honestly the most viable option, she will probably be harder to self-motivate than I was.  Good luck with this.
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Oh.  My.  Yes, I do.  I'm not really sure why either but I think I was taught to do that when I was a very young girl just learning to write....my fater was in the Navy & I joined too, and we did it there too, so maybe that has something to do with it.....I'm not sure.
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i'm right handed. did u know that 85%of the world are right handed. about 20 years ago and before that if u were left handed u still had to write with ure right!
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uv cores knott, hoo neads speleng?\n\nJusk kidding.  They most certainly do still teach it.  I know that I had to do in-class essays until I finished high school (although I have yet to be asked to turn in a hand-written essay in college), and all the elementary school aged kids I know have weekly spelling words.  Apparently, however, many people feel that publicly accessible online forums are not subject to the rules of spelling and grammar.  My personal favorite was "how to get accepted into a ivy league college?"  Although "don't talk ur d_mb" was also pretty good.  It also seems that many people are under the delusion that "ur," "r," and "n" are actual words.
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They're lazy.  That's all there is to it.  I'm surprised anyone in their right mind can read that gibberish.\n\nThe only reasons I take time to write properly are 1) I had several English teachers who were real sticklers for spelling & grammar, so much so that sometimes they counted for half my grade, and 2) force of habit due to #1.
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I never learned to print.  We learned to write cursive in the first grade.  Everyone in my school did and most could write beautifully.  We had it for one period every day  until the 5th grade.  Learning to write cursive affects the brain in a very positive way..we have forgotten that in this computer age. We learned the Palmer Penmanship method..lots of ovals..over and over.  Holding your pencil correctly and not too tight is important.  The Dollar Tree has a rubber pencil wedge that goes on the pencil so you have to hold it correctly.  This helps little fingers to write easier.  We took rubber balls used for the game- jacks- and bored a hole in it and inserted the pencil. Practice, practice, practice..There is a great site on the web called www.handwritingforkids.com   Good luck
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No, you don't. Some people think you are better off printing, not cursive, because people are better able to read it and not change the amount fradulently.