there are cursive letters mixed in and that is the beauty of cursive…one is able to develop a fast way of writing connected letters which helps the thought processes to flow. I only write cursive in my journals and my signature is a combination of printing and cursive…i was a 3 rd grade teacher for most of my career and I taught cursive (Danelian) every year for 20 years!! This is an example of individualized cursive.

Oops! “Here’s TO the beauty of the printed page in all its forms.”

Beautifully stated!

However, I love to read my mother in law’s notes because the cursive writing is simply exquisite. I also wish I had kept my cursive flowing because morning pages are quite an ordeal in my teeny tiny print. No “flow” happening there. It may be “documented that legible cursive writing averages no faster than printed handwriting of equal or greater legibility” but that is clearly not my experience and I have sat in MANY writer’s workshops watching my colleagues cover three pages with words while I eeeek out a paragraph. Here’s the beauty of the printed page in all its forms.

If you don’t find evidence compelling, what — other than evidence — would you find compelling?

Hey JD, so glad you enjoyed the post! And naturally, I appreciate your appreciation for the love of writing. As for the book, it’s a lovely idea and I wish you luck with it! I’d need to know a lot more before participating, so I’ll probably pass, but I thank you for asking. 🙂

Thank you, Marsha!

Thanks, Vicky! <3

Wow, Kate, this was a lot of information! I left it up so those interested could read up ~ you’ve recited lots of interesting facts and research there. I still stand by my opinion, though, in the positive merits of learning to write in cursive! Practical or not, being “used” or not, as I explained at length, I believe in its value – even for ways ~ perhaps especially for those ways ~ that are unmeasurable. It’s not only about the statistics or the “scientific analysis”, and it’s hardly like comparing a stovepipe hats being used for tailoring and it’s not about not moving forward. I do appreciate your sharing the “evidence against” learning to write in cursive, but without repeating what I’ve already written, on a gut level I simply don’t find the evidence a compelling reason to stop this fundamental element of learning. I find it amazing that it should even be a subject of debate!