Penmanship
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horseless carriage
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At school I remember being taught to write in a method that back then was called, "Italic Script." It needs a broad nib fountain pen to achieve the distinctive style, at least it needed the fountain pen back then. Nowadays you can buy marker pens with a broad writing surface. At work I am forever asked to write notices with the marker pen. It seems that cursive handwriting is still appreciated.
But looking at that child's way of holding a pen, it does seem clumsy, yet although I was taught cursive script handwriting, I really can't recall being shown how to hold the pen. It just seemed that there was only one logical way to create the desired effect. What I do recall is that there is a broad nib with a curve to facilitate left-handers.
But looking at that child's way of holding a pen, it does seem clumsy, yet although I was taught cursive script handwriting, I really can't recall being shown how to hold the pen. It just seemed that there was only one logical way to create the desired effect. What I do recall is that there is a broad nib with a curve to facilitate left-handers.
Aunt Bea
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I've lost the ability to write anything legible or more complicated than a grocery list and even that is in an odd sort of shorthand.
Ruth n Jersey
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I use cursive and print as well. I like to write and my penmanship was always good. These days I notice that my hands are a little bit stiff in the morning so I save my writing for the afternoon and evening.
I generally write out the name of the state in full on an envelope just because I like to write. I don't abbreviate .
I generally write out the name of the state in full on an envelope just because I like to write. I don't abbreviate .
Nathan
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Recently my business partner mentioned that writing cursive is no longer taught in her son's school. She is a big conspiracy addict, and wanted to suggest that "they" (the faceless, nameless forces) are doing this because.......
I told her nooooooooooo, it's just a progression of the modern communications methods. Keyboards, mice...oh so "90s", now it the touch technology(which I personally loathe).
It's rare that I pick up a pen or pencil, always print, can't remember the last time I used cursive, other than signing my name, which BTW looks like a chicken scratching in the dirt.
I told her nooooooooooo, it's just a progression of the modern communications methods. Keyboards, mice...oh so "90s", now it the touch technology(which I personally loathe).
It's rare that I pick up a pen or pencil, always print, can't remember the last time I used cursive, other than signing my name, which BTW looks like a chicken scratching in the dirt.
SetWave
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My handwriting is terrible. It used to be a combination cursive and print but now is just illegible scribble. 
Mine resembles chicken-scratch, too, now that I've been out of school for four decades, but I have no one to impress anymore other than myself.My handwriting is terrible. It used to be a combination cursive and print but now is just illegible scribble.
SetWave
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Jules
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We had a repairman come to the house. Had to sign that the work was done on a tablet using your finger.
I wish I had saved my shopping list from the other day.
Even I'm embarrassed at the sight of mine. I don't even try anymore. Zero effort.
Jules
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How do people write or use the keypad with claws like shown in the first photo?
it's a mess isn't it?
Jules
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Yes, but it wasn’t as bad as those screens in the department stores.
And why is that sloppy manner even allowed in school?
Is it a reflection of how much ground has been lost in the department of teaching?