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<p>God, I'm a troll.</p>
<p>I never actually learned cursive. Sometimes I can't read words in cursive that my friends wrote.</p>
<p>On the SAT subject test there was a section where we had to copy some info in cursive and I could not do it. I was so embarrassed because it was taking me a while to copy it down and I felt like most people were done so I just wrote the last 2 words at the bottom then signed my name. </p>
<p>Cursive is SO hard. Though, I could do it when I was 8.</p>
<p>The only use for cursive these days is for signatures.</p>
<p>I can write in cursive but I can't read what I wrote. It's not that I have bad handwriting either, since my teachers/ classmates could read it perfectly well. I feel so alienated.</p>
<p>I write in cursive for almost everything at school, except for science class. But I do write in cursive on science tests when the teacher ticks me off in some way. It's still totally legible, but science teachers are probably the worst culprits for disliking fancy handwriting.</p>
<p>Most adults use a mixture of print and cursive in their personal day to day writing. People who do technical/blueprint type writing are trained to do print because you can generally print smaller which is an attraction to other technical types.</p>
<p>For most people, cursive is faster if they were trained at a young age (there is such a thing as writing fluency) but like anything else you need repetition and practice. In my professional experience, girls tend to prefer cursive more than guys (generalization that you can feel free to study in vivo). Unless stated otherwise as a requirement, go for legibility.</p>
<p>Also be aware of the size of your written material, smaller text tends to show a level of maturity that can subconsciously cue the reader. Kids can tend to write too big when they are trying to fill a large space quickly. It's the writing equivalent of cranking up your font size to 16 or 18 or widening your margins if you don't have anything else to say but the requirement is for two pages single spaced. Trust me, people notice that stuff especially if they are used to reading/grading lots of handwritten work. Shortcuts stand out and are judged accordingly.</p>
<p>I actually believe that larger handwriting is a sign of maturity. If all those guys in my class would write with larger handwriting, maybe people would be able to read it. The idea is not to impress people with how small your handwriting is. It just makes it illegible. I don't write with huge letters, but I make sure I use the space allotted.</p>
<p>JBVirtuoso,</p>
<p>I know the type of writing you are referring to (the type that you need the Hubble telescope to read), that seems to be a guy thing. And yes, it does seem to be some strange type of competition or audition to be one of the people who writes the books of the Bible on the head of a pin. It is also just plain rude if you actually want someone to read your material. </p>
<p>I was thinking more of large, loopy, flowerly writing or obviously large print which looks like 3 or 4th grade writing. Trust me, the reader knows when they see obvious attempts at shortcutting. What you are describing is knowing your audience and focusing on legibility which is ultimately all that matters. If the person can't read it, they can't score it. There is a "norm" and when people do something different, it stands out. That's why many instructors will go for word count vs. number of pages.</p>
<p>BTW, neurologically, it is a sign of developmental maturation to be able to write smaller, it has to do with your fine motor skills. Hence the incredibly shrinking paper lines spaces as you progress through school.</p>
<p>Since I got a computer I've almost forgotten how to write >_></p>
<p>Which is kind of a good thing, actually, because when I do have to write I make more of a conscious effort at it so it turns out a lot neater :)</p>
<p>I write half cursive and half print most of the time.</p>
<p>Cursive all the way, since 2nd grade.</p>
<p>cursive really comes from print
i've figured that out and i think that the best writing is natural cursive, cursive without intentionally cursiving
yeah....</p>
<p>^ What the heck? lol</p>
<p>yeah, i write in cursive unintentionally, i learned it back in elementary school and I had the worst teacher ever all we would do was cursive and vocab. But nobody can read my cursive handwriting, so if its not hw and it's important (forms/essays/etc.) I use print.</p>
<p>I've used exclusively cursive, more or less, since kindergarten (if I'm writing out the questions for an assignment, and then answers, I'll print the questions, then respond in cursive), and frequently get responses of, "WHOA! You use cursive?" or, as one of my friends said, "Your handwriting is beautiful, but I can't read it."</p>
<p>Most people say they can't read my writing, until I tell them to try it. Then it's fine. Being able to read cursive really comes in handy when grandparents send birthday cards.</p>
<p>I never really learned cursive, but I take the parts of cursive and Russian that I really like and just...added them to my normal handwriting, so some of my letters are cursive/overly loop-y and/or Russian :]</p>
<p>My mom taught me cursive when I was pretty young, ages before they decided it was important in school (which it really wasn't). I've gotten complements on both forms of my writing, though I hate the way my cursive looks. I prefer to write in print, even though it is pretty small, because I can do it a LOT faster. Only old teachers that can't see well complain about the size, everyone else thinks it's nice and neat, so I have no intention of changing.</p>
<p>I write in cursive unintentionally too. Cursive is just writing in print without lifting the pen.</p>
<p>Once I was allowed to write in print, I did immediately because my intentional cursive is illegible.</p>