Zack Hill by John Deering and John Newcombe for November 29, 2022

Wasn’t the biggest fan of cursive when I was in school, but it is a nice writing form.

Know of any schools that still teach cursive penmanship?

Yay!

Back in the 1970s, in Oregon, kids were taught Italic penmanship in schools. I was about 30 then when I started to learn, first from books, then from a class in the local community college, and finally a 2-week seminar with Lloyd Reynolds—literally the “man who wrote the book” (Italic calligraphy and handwriting). What a wonderful experience to learn from the master! Calligraphy = beautiful writing.

I don’t care what style of writing people use as long as it it legible.

They should teach cursive writing.

What is that in her word bubble in the second panel?

I went to school in the 70’s…we learned cursive

I cringe every time I see an adult who can’t hold a pen to actually write. We have lost our way.

I think cursive was created to minimize ink blotches & puddles that formed when lifting & setting down a crude fountain pen.

I’ve often wondered: if printing is the only way kids have learned to write, do they print their signatures?

When I taught third grade, in the 60s, I spent half an hour every day of the first semester teaching cursive writing. By Christmas, my kids were writing beautifully, ( well, most of them) The other third grade teacher taught cursive by displaying the cursive alphabet and telling the kids, “This is grown up handwriting and it’s what I expect you to use from now on.” By the end of 6th grade, you couldn’t tell which kids were from her class and which were from mine.

Guessing (and hoping) this is only true in their universe, and not in ours. The demise of cursive in our modern world is something I don’t regret at all.