“Have you ever wondered why children are no longer taught to write in cursive?”
And no, it is not by chance that they tend to use it less and less.
Writing in cursive means translating thoughts into words; it forces you to not take your hand off the paper.
A stimulating effort, which allows you to associate ideas, link them and put them in relation.
Not by chance does the word cursive come from the Latin “currere”, which runs, which flows, because though it is winged, it runs, it flies.
Of course, cursive has no place in today’s world, a world that does everything possible to slow down the development of thought, to fill it.
I think cursive was born in Italy and then spread throughout the world.
Why?
Because it was compact, elegant, clear writing.
But ours is a society that no longer has time for elegance, for beauty, for complexity; we have synthetics but not clarity, speed but not efficiency, information but not knowledge!
In general, we know too much and too little because we are no longer (generally speaking) able to put things into relation.
Most people can no longer think.
This is why we should go back to writing in cursive, especially at school. Because this is not just about recovering a writing style, but about giving breath to our thoughts again.
Everything that makes us live, that feeds the soul, that sustains the spirit, is connected to breathing.
Without breath, as the ancient Greeks said, there is no thought. And without thoughts there is no life.
From Vivian Parra.
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I don’t know who Vivian Parra is, but she puts it so well that it couldn’t be said better. I have always felt, known inside, these things about cursive, or as we called it, “penmanship,” and it must be restored to our way of life. It’s on the same par as excellent workmanship, which has also been tossed off board.
Thank you for this, and love the portrait of the little boy.
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Thank you.
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Someone made the comment that the reason they don’t teach cursive is so that people will be unable to read the Constitution of the United States in its original cursive writing.
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Ah yes, well said! We use cursive to sign our name and our signature actually becomes a part of our identity and it has meaning, like making a promise, an oath, or a proclamation. The US Constitution was signed in cursive.
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Have you noticed signatures of late? It’s a variety of hieroglyphic squiggles and scribbles. There’s no detectable name-just what amounts to a fancy “X”.
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As a once certified handwriting analysis expert (I was a private investigator & testified in courts), I know interpreting non-cursive handwriting would be more difficult. Enjoyed your blog today!
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Thank you for sharing this! I continue to hope that cursive will make a comeback.
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My daughter homeschools, so I encouraged her to check out this post. 🙂
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never knew my style of writing was cursive, that is what i learned in grade school, i can still remember all the exercised we did with Os, Us, Ws, Ls, etc., it was good, didn’t know it stopped, it will always be with me, it’s elegant and flowing
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I may be wrong, but it seems like we were introduced to cursive towards the last part of 2nd grade & went into full mode in 3rd. Like going from adding & subtracting into multiplication & division.
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That’s about the right time frame. I remember my teacher calling it “Real Writing” or “Penmanship.” Nobody called it “Cursive,” not that I ever heard. We copied it over and over till we had all the letter formations down properly.
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Yes, I didn’t hear the word “cursive” until my teens. Hope your car is OK in the weather.
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It drives great, but even the best four-wheel drive and good tires (unless studded) are not much on ice. We’re getting freezing rain right now, and guess who isn’t going anywhere?
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Smart lady!!!
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