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Ah crap!!!!:mad: And just when I was getting into this pen-making lark:rolleyes::biggrin:

I wouldn't worry too much though Dawn. Remember when they said it was going to be a Paperless Office...........yeah right:biggrin:
 
My father had the most beautiful cursive handwriting. He learned it back in the 20's, back when the actually taught the 3 R's. When I was in school they taught cursive and required all your papers to be written in cursive, script was not allowed, but that was here in provincial Florida, were everything runs 10 or so years behind the times...
 
Glass Scratcher said:
My father had the most beautiful cursive handwriting. He learned it back in the 20's, back when the actually taught the 3 R's. When I was in school they taught cursive and required all your papers to be written in cursive, script was not allowed, but that was here in provincial Florida, were everything runs 10 or so years behind the times...
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10 years behind, Wisconsin calls that "Cutting edge technology"!!


When you were talking about all your voting problems, Wisconsinites kept asking why there were so many guys in Florida named "Chad"?? They had NEVER SEEN a voting machine!
 
It's too bad but I saw how lax handwriting had become when I was teaching machine tool. even the printing was nearly illegible, We had to do the Palmer circle exercise for it seemed like hours a day through the 5th grade, all papers were in cursive.
 
When you were talking about all your voting problems, Wisconsinites kept asking why there were so many guys in Florida named "Chad"?? They had NEVER SEEN a voting machine![/QUOTE]

That wasn't a good name to have when the election came either.
 
I am one of the ones that write in mostly in print. I go one further and write in mostly capital letters as well. But I actually learned that from my father. One of my sisters writes the same way. I wish I could write neat but even if I take my time it still looks sloppy. When people ask me to sign something, I ask do they want to be able to read it, lol. And then when I sign, they ask if I am a doctor. I tell them, nope but I stayed at a Holiday Express last night! (Yes, Ed that was a stupid joke.)
 
maxwell_smart007 said:
HOnestly, I don't think I could write a sentence in under a minute, even if it was as short as 'go fish'...

I've always printed, as I never saw the advantage to writing..seemed slower to me, and less legible...

Andrew
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I remember leaning to print on those big lined papers in elementary school. Could not wait to learn cursive....saw samples in the back of one of my school books and took it from there.....didn't know you had to connect the letters....LOL

As far as the speed of writing goes.......cursive is much faster and more fluid for me! If I have a bunch to write by hand, it will always be cursive!

What we're now seeing and have been seeing for some time is the dumbing down of our children in the public school systems. Where the pace of the classes seem to be dictated by the speed of the slowest.....gets to where those that are more capable just finally give up or loose interest due to sheer boredom!

To become good at something (or proficient), it takes practice, practice and more practice.........doesn't matter if it's handwriting, reading, sports, music, turning on a lathe or even hammering a nail in a two by four! You can not take a short cut to becomming good at something.....it take WORK!!!! (There's that darn 4 letter word again!!!! LOL)

Barney
 
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