bookofstars:

sandwichocracy:

cloudsinmyeyes:

you ain’t forgotten everything: question to people born after 1981 (the later the better)

popca:

iliketodisco:

kalemason:

pompadoursandpincurls:

snuffboxisdead:

is cursive still a thing? Is it still taught in school? Sometimes I hear that places have stopped doing this. I guess I just wonder if it’s going to go away as far as everyday use. Yes I am 100…

1986, and we used it all through elementary school. We did penmanship exercises pretty frequently and all our essays had to be done in cursive.

1992, learned cursive in 2nd grade and used it up until the end of 6th grade. I knew some people who still wrote their notes and handwritten papers in cursive up until senior year of high school because it was easier for them, but personally I’ve always been terrible at cursive and was relieved when we could start writing in print again.

1993 (Colombia, in case it matters) Learned it in a Catholic school I attended briefly twice (age 4, and also age 8) where it was compulsory, then abandoned it when I went to a more liberal school. Have used ‘print’ ever since.

1991. We had to learn it in either 3rd or 4th grade and they spent a lot of effort convincing us it was worth it. Like, they made us read a book about a girl who refused to learn cursive and therefore became functionally illiterate and one day the principal of the school came in and talked to us about how important it is to know. 

I use it for my signature, kind of? But nothing else. 

1. weird-is-good reblogged this from ibelieveinjam and added:

   Hum….I never understood this thing about cursive…I live in Portugal and they only teach us cursive, nothing else. You...

2. cumberlordie reblogged this from stelleappese and added:

   Italian born in 1996, and yes they taught me to use it and forced us to use it until.. 4th year of school, I guess.

3. stelleappese reblogged this from ibelieveinjam and added:

   1991, Italian, I’ve been taught to write in cursive during my first years of school, but since my writing was almost...

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5. ibelieveinjam reblogged this from hamartiaaa and added:

   1994. I live in Italy and yes, teachers taught it in my first year of school, when I was six, and we had to use it to...

6. timelessalice reblogged this from hamartiaaa and added:

   1995. We were taught it in third grade (and I mean, heavily). We had touse it from then to sixth grade or we’d get...

7. hamartiaaa reblogged this from meatandsarcasm and added:

   1993. Only had it in first and second grade at Catholic school. Never saw it endorsed or taught in public school. Then...

8. enviablememory reblogged this from face-down-asgard-up and added:

   elementary school,...3 or 4 or something. Haven’t used

9. luxuryailments reblogged this from anygoddamnedcolleen and added:

   1986: I learned it in 3rd grade and at my school, we were required to use it in 4th & 5th grade for everything…but then...

10. bebornbillionaires reblogged this from oddment-tweak and added:

    I… Mid/Late 90s,...me in third grade.

11. oddment-tweak reblogged this from combat--wombat and added:

    combat—wombat:...1990. Cursive was more or less required for me throughout elementary...

12. soolooxcoopter reblogged this from avatarsnowy and added:

    1997, US public school. Learned it in second grade, from third on if you used cursive depended on your teacher. Fourth...

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15. seagreeneyes reblogged this from avatarsnowy and added:

    1995, and also from another country. Reblogging because these answers are blowing my mind. Okay, okay, cultural...

16. fireladybitch reblogged this from avatarsnowy and added:

    1990, US Catholic school. I learned it in third grade as well and used it until I graduated elementary school. My script...

17. basilsaurus reblogged this from avatarsnowy and added:

    1993. I went to a parent participation school and learned cursive in second and third grade. I never really got the hang...

18. avatarsnowy reblogged this from bookofstars and added:

    1990, US public school. Learned cursive in third grade, I think, and used it relatively consistently until eight or...

19. watertightvines reblogged this from anyagee and added:

    1986. Learned it in 3rd grade, had to use it on bigger assignments in 4th grade (but we could print on things like...

20. babblinganddoodles reblogged this from lilbookofkell and added:

    1995. I learned cursive (well, we called it script) in 3rd grade, was expected to use it in 4th grade, and then no one...

21. esmenet reblogged this from meatandsarcasm and added:

    1994. I went to a private elementary school for first grade, where I remember the teachers mentioning they taught...

22. thatsthedevilswork reblogged this from failureistheonlyoption and added:

    1991 (but went to school as if I was born in ‘92 ‘cause my mommy kept me home a year). US. We never learned to actually...

23. failureistheonlyoption reblogged this from lilbookofkell and added:

    1992. I’m actually very surprised by this question. I’m brazilian, so I have no idea how cursive is used on US. Here,...

24. anyagee reblogged this from meatandsarcasm and added:

    1988 I refused to write in cursive and got in trouble. I started school halfway through 2nd grade (homeschool before...

25. beautysnaked reblogged this from mynameislyddy and added:

    I was born in 1991 in the UK & I learned cursive in school. Originally we had videos for it, guide sheets & Handwriting...

26. lilbookofkell reblogged this from bookofstars and added:

    1991. We had to learn it in either 3rd or 4th grade and they spent a lot of effort convincing us it was worth it. Like,...

27. mynameislyddy reblogged this from face-down-asgard-up and added:

    google it; I’m from...call it joined up writing. I...it in...

28. bookofstars reblogged this from sandwichocracy and added:

    1993 (Colombia, in case it matters) Learned it in a Catholic school I attended briefly twice (age 4, and also age 8)...

29. esperanzaj reblogged this from cage-veil-cunt and added:

    1991. We had to learn it in third grade and never had to use it again. However, my little brother, born in 1996, says he...

30. ohlookaflyingsnake reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    obsessively through primary (aka elementary) school, weren’t allowed...perfected it. It...

31. sandwichocracy reblogged this from cloudsinmyeyes and added:

    1992, learned cursive in 2nd grade and used it up until the end of 6th grade. I knew some people who still wrote their...

32. steeple333 reblogged this from meatandsarcasm and added:

    1989. I’ve had it a few times in elementary school; I remember especially it being required in the 2nd grade, ugh....

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34. pumpkinpasties-and-jammiedodgers reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    In 2003-2005, third-fifth grade, we were required to use it on certain spelling quizes, and for a while my handwriting...

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36. betotallysketch reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    1993, we learned it in second grade and then never touched on it again. All the teachers threatened that we’d need it...

37. somnambulistbunny reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    while, but most people forgot. Sucked...SATs we had to copy down

38. chevalier-des-plumes reblogged this from meatandsarcasm and added:

    1994. I remember learning cursive in elementary school and having to do exercises, but we never really used it in any...

39. princess-adrienne reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    1992, learned it in third grade to sixth grade. Use it partially in middle school. Virtually dead by high school.

40. incompetentantagonist reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    through… 1993, It was drilled into my head. Homework...cursive from 3rd grade up. I was...

41. joyfulldreams reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    through… 1995,...we did cursive drills...1-4th grade as far...

42. talks-in-tongues-and-quiet-sighs reblogged this from meggannn and added:

    through… 1995: was...grade seven, then as soon as we all hit high

43. my-pretties reblogged this from nijibug and added:

    a lot of assignments up until about sixth...I had this one teacher

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45. perfectlyqueer reblogged this from pre-serum and added:

    2012 (my mom works for the public schools here in Michigan) Yes, they are still teaching cursive, starting around 3rd...

46. meggannn reblogged this from meatandsarcasm and added:

    1993, it was drilled into our heads during elementary school and I used it very briefly in middle because I thought...

47. meowtardis reblogged this from pre-serum and added:

    Also 1994 (and also Australian.. eheh) I did cursive in my first primary school, which was private, so I guess they were...

48. pre-serum reblogged this from meatandsarcasm and added:

    1994! I win at being a baby. In primary school, we wrote in pencil until our handwriting was a neat combination of...

49. aamalie reblogged this from anygoddamnedcolleen and added:

    Born in 1989 and I was required to write all final papers in cursive up through middle school — by the time I reached...

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