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Cursive Writing

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To Cursive or Not to Cursive?
A fifteen year old straight “A” student walked into the Department of Motor Vehicles with her mother. The excitement of becoming a driver for the first time quickly faded when the girl was required to sign her name. The girl was mortified that she didn’t know how. The mother couldn’t help but wonder if her child’s generation was filled with cursive illiterates? Cursive writing should be a curriculum requirement for grade school students not only because it is required on legal documents but it is important to understand information written in cursive and it improves penmanship.
Teenagers and young adults are increasingly faced with embarrassment because of their lacking knowledge in the art of handwriting. For many young adults it starts with getting a driver’s license. As the amount of things that an individual wants in life increases the more their signature is needed. The big things like a car and house can be thwarted for a short time by living in a city with public transportation and with parents or roommates. There comes a point in life when personal needs and wants become clear and the skill of signing one’s name becomes a necessity. Going to college or getting married and having children require tedious amounts of paperwork that repeatedly asks a person to sign on the dotted line. Sometimes these legal …show more content…

However, many teachers hang up the printed version of these documents. The discarded cursive penmanship negates the traditional and historical ambiance behind each document. This class of ambiance is also found in formal invitations like wedding announcements, graduation invites, and retirement parties. The elegant form of cursive writing bears a sentimental tone which is meant to be perceived as having a higher level of intimacy and importance than printed

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