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poohbear_nc · 03-27-2011, 11:04 AM

Cursive handwriting was the bane of my elementary school existence! And for what?

I was fairly ambidexterous - forcibly changed to a rightie only - and as a result I never could get the cursive writing to slant "correctly" - and hence was criticized my entire lower school career. For what?

I now print everything but my signature.

P.S. I recently discovered Kanji characters - and am enjoying creating them - so I guess I wasn't scarred for life.

But I no longer see the point for enforcing small children to learn "perfect" cursive.

03-27-2011, 11:04 AM	#2
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,516 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Cursive handwriting was the bane of my elementary school existence! And for what? I was fairly ambidexterous - forcibly changed to a rightie only - and as a result I never could get the cursive writing to slant "correctly" - and hence was criticized my entire lower school career. For what? I now print everything but my signature. P.S. I recently discovered Kanji characters - and am enjoying creating them - so I guess I wasn't scarred for life. But I no longer see the point for enforcing small children to learn "perfect" cursive.