Does the American youth really not write in cursive? - That can’t possibly be true

[pork and beans]

I just find that really hard to believe

And on the same topic- why do articles discussing it seem to portray cursive as something particularity hard to do?

 

[Exister]

They need to teach cursive in highschool. I knew cursive in 1st grade but forgot it all because I didn't have to sign any documents. Anyways to answer your question I don't think they teach kids anymore it's just a daycare where the kids fuck in the bathroom (true story)

 

[Asian tech support]

They can't even write in print.

 

[PS2 Nishiki]

Because schools stopped teaching it around 2010-2013. Zoomers were pretty much the last generation to learn it and even then it was cut from their education plan midway. I grew up around the time schools were pretty much shifting from written essays to Microsoft word/Google docs to teach them more about using a keyboard rather than a pencil. After I graduated I noticed a lot of people my age in the work place are pretty much retarded when it comes to hand writing and reading clocks.

 

[KittyGremlin]

Not an American but I did learn cursive. Even here zoomers find it harder and harder to read so I often switch to something more resembling typed letters. I did always have a bit of a doctor's cursive tho so I can't blame people too much.

 

[potatoGelato]

I remember being asked to stop using it in gradeschool by a teacher who said it was harder to read and most of the kids didn't know what it was.

 

[#FF0000]

I'm Canadian, so we're not too different. We tried learning cursive in second grade but we stopped like halfway through. Still don't really know how to write cursive, and kids these days struggle to write normal print.

 

[ArthuriusMartyrius]

I remember learning to write in cursive when I was little but I hated it and basically never used it. I'm honestly not surprised that they stopped teaching that shit.

 

[AMERICA]

So can Zoomers just straight-up not read cursive? I get that writing in cursive isn't so important, but more important is learning to read cursive. That's a disappointing but unsurprising drop in educational standards.

 

[anliteralidiot]

today's youth have problems with fine motor control because of iPads and other technology

 

[SomeSpook]

I was taught to write in cursive when I was little and was fond of it somewhat. I'm 20, so I'm a zoomer. But the only time I use cursive is when I am signing my name on documents.

 

[ThinkThankThunk]

It's largely extinct in our curriculums in general, and thank god for it. Working with boomers you'll have them write in cursive every so often and their shit is always fucking illegible. Dealing with it reminds me of Russian cursive, which is so obtuse that there's years of state documents that literally can't be deciphered.

People bemoan these newfangled techno-contraptions and their "typing" replacing cursive in classes, but as someone who peck types the schools really should make teaching stroke typing a priority. As an adult the best use cursive has is making out doctor signatures, while you'll be typing almost every single day and there's a huge difference between pecks and proper form.

 

[pork and beans]

read all the replies and damn that’s wild

So can Zoomers just straight-up not read cursive?

American zoomers only I guess. I definitely can.

I'm 20, so I'm a zoomer. But the only time I use cursive is when I am signing my name on documents.

Same but I write in cursive for everything and lots of people my age do too. especially girls. Guys less, when I think about it. So it’s a country thing more than an age thing, I’d say. I dunno what they are teaching little kids though.

Russian cursive, which is so obtuse that there's years of state documents that literally can't be deciphered

lmao true. I have to say though I was told to write everything in cursive when I started to learn Russian and that actually made me improve my handwriting a lot because it was literally unreadable otherwise.

 

[JohnnyG]

And on the same topic- why do articles discussing it seem to portray cursive as something particularity hard to do?

Because they're written by diversity hires, or shitlibs who don't want to make them feel bad.

America replaced its Constitution with the Civil Rights Act, and highly studious lawyers invented "disparate impact" which says anything a favored group underperforms at, or any rule of society they break at wildly disproportionate levels, is inherently racist.

This allows them to continually target any aspect of Western Civilization where underperformance or misbehavior is rampant, and use civil rights law to bulldoze it. Hence the elimination of IQ tests, merit-based hiring, gifted programs, cursive handwriting, accelerated math, and Advanced Placement courses.

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

It's not particularly hard, it's just completely useless for daily use besides signing your name, and even that use of it isn't as common as it used to be with how many documents are electronically signed or use other authorization methods.

You'd be better off learning shorthand vs. cursive if you want to write quickly. Now THAT is a long-lost skill.

It's also much more difficult to read compared to printing if someone has bad penmanship. I think it made more sense back in the days of quills or fountain pens but not today. It's kind of a retvrn to tradition given Carolingian miniscule is the ancestor of today's print letters.

 

[Shidoen]

I can do my signature but I sometimes struggle with some letters in cursive. Overall I blame myself and relying on the education system.

 

[pork and beans]

You'd be better off learning shorthand

God, I’d love that

yeah I wouldnt say cursive is better than non cursive or more useful or anything. For me I just write in cursive without thinking about it.

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

funny story. i specifically asked to be taught cursive in 4th grade since it wasn't part of the curriculum and they had to like print out a worksheet for it

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

God, I’d love that

I've thought about it too, could be useful to write down stuff at a meeting and nobody on the other side of the table has any idea what it says.

Those "steno notebooks" you see at a store or online are designed for writing in shorthand.

 

[Shadfan666xxx000]

So can Zoomers just straight-up not read cursive? I get that writing in cursive isn't so important, but more important is learning to read cursive. That's a disappointing but unsurprising drop in educational standards.

There was a whole meme a few years back where people would trick black people by writing down their slurs in cursive. I think it mainly stopped because the white zoomers couldn't read it either.