@markhurst

Writing by hand is critically important to cognitive development. Probably eating ants out of small holes with a honey covered stick serves the same purpose, but we don't do that anymore. We are tool users. Our brains are wired for it.

@joycebell @oldoldcojote @markhurst

This is how we were taught to write (at a normal, state-funded school here in UK). I'll never understand why they stopped teaching it.

@grb090423 @joycebell @oldoldcojote @markhurst cursive handwriting is hard to read and slower than independent letters. It's also a pretty useless skill, compared to other things you could learn to do.

Not saying people shouldn't learn to write, but being able to type properly is more use than copybook cursive handwriting.

Most of what I was taught in school/uni has been directly useless in life but most has been transferable. Cursive handwriting is on the non-transferable list.

@drajt @grb090423 @joycebell @markhurst

I have no problem reading it. Have helped read historic letters for people who didn't learn it. Its all about what you care to practice.

@oldoldcojote @grb090423 @joycebell @markhurst obviously everyone is different and if you read it all the time you become more familiar with it.

I find it like reading scribbles, my mother's for example was very typical, it looks pretty from a distance but was in fact almost impossible to read. My step-father could only print in block caps, but it was far more legible and far easier to read.

@drajt @grb090423 @joycebell @markhurst

I find it faster. I take notes with a lot of abreviation and have also made my cursive harder to read on purpose so my meeting notes can't be so easily read. Just a bit paranoid here. Lol
My moms was very hard to read. She was a journalist and wrote really fast. My one grandmothers was beautiful, but she made r, s, a, q and some capitols different. I think british or scottish? Al the recipies my other grandma left me are very legible, but in a strange mix of swedish, english, and possibly sami. Lol
My greatgrandma left history notes on the back of family photos in dramatic swirly cursive cajun french. She also told fortunes.
Cursive is very much a matter of personal style. It kinda fascinating.

@oldoldcojote @drajt @joycebell @markhurst

Absolutely. 👍👏 Your written family mementos must be fascinating 💕

But I do understand that some folk would rather not have to use it. We're all different and have differing abilities.