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Milt Thomas's avatar

Being left-handed, my cursive is more of a curse - at least to anyone who tries to read it. My love letters to girlfriends never conveyed the warmth and affection I intended because the recipients thought I was sending them recipes written in Mandarin. I could read the "Dear John" letters they sent me in response but never understood why they sent them.

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Carol Clapp's avatar

Trump is planning to ban the teaching and usage of Arabic numerals in all organizations that receive federal funds.

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Andy Wandell's avatar

Are you kidding? You’re not only paranoid but delusional. Go outside and touch grass.

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donald morrison's avatar

Yes, I am kidding. But going outside and touching the grass does sound like a good idea. Many thanks.

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Jan HAZARD's avatar

I have had many letters returned : address unknown! The correct address was written on th envelope in cursive. Even many postal workers can't read cursive! Agree- retore teaching cursive writing in school.

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Alice's avatar

From the hand to the brain. That is why you can remember things better after you "write" them down. Also, knowing how to read is the premise of the movie "The First Grader." A man from Kenya who had is toes cut off during the Mau Mau uprising received a letter from the British government and he wanted to to be able to read it for himself.

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Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop's avatar

And for those of us who can read cursive, here’s an opportunity to help preserve history from the National Archives.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/can-you-read-this-cursive-handwriting-the-national-archives-wants-your-help-180985833/

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Len Levine's avatar

Can i now refer to my signature as my "John Hancock" once again....cursive is artistic and art is deemed woke so who knows what's in store for the future generation. Will the constitution become tomorrow's Rosetta stone to be decifered in a millenium from now.

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Barbara's avatar

I totally agree! I have said at the beginning that our kids wouldn't be able to read any of the original documents that are important to see and they would have to depend on someone telling them what they said and that Could be a pack of lies. The original Martin Luther who was a Catholic priest changed all of the notices that the Catholic Church posted in Latin into German the native tongue of the people at the time so they would know for themselves what they said. I feel that not teaching cursive was a way to dumb down the next Generations so they wouldn't know what their rights were and could be told anything by the ones in power. I too have letters in cursive from my parents and letters from our family in France during WWII.

Thank You Mr Morrison.

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donald morrison's avatar

Brilliant! (You, not him.)

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donald morrison's avatar

Many thanks, Barbara.

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donald morrison's avatar

A very worthy cause. Many thanks.

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donald morrison's avatar

That's appalling, especially since the USPS mostly uses computerized text recognition -- which includes cursive -- to scan addresses.

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donald morrison's avatar

Many thanks, Alice. The movie sounds terrific. Looks as if we can rent it on Apple+

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Jose Castro's avatar

So wonderful, Don. As always, right on.

Being of your same generation and having learned the cursive Palmer method in grade school I can identify. My Palmer has devolved a bit and i struggle and resist using it these days.

Having to learn to write like an architect in university (block letters basically) helped in the devolution. Then the keyboard that I am using now has surely developed muscles in the hands that are not the same as the muscles developed early on with cursive.

I miss its beauty and authenticity........ Thank you!

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