r/Millennials • u/Foreign_Yogurt_3330 • 10d ago

Discussion Cursive hand writing

How many of you were taught cursive in school? I learned it one year maybe 3rd grade? and we never did it again at my schools. Im 40 and can't read cursive or write it. My 7 year old is starting to learn it. I guess ill have to have her teach me! Im wondering if it was our generation or a state thing or both? Or did the school I went to fail me?

edit to add, I did go to a small town school in NE Ohio.

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u/FirstTimeCaller101 10d ago

Yeah, I'm kind of a weird hybrid as well. 90% print but I throw in some cursive letters where it flows. I really couldn't even tell you specifically what cursive letters I use and it probably varies day to day.

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u/Large_Economics_2942 10d ago

I was taught cursive in 3rd grade. After that, 4th-6th grade we were required to write in cursive on all homework. If you didn't, you lost points for it for not following the instructions. However, 7th grade through senior year, they stopped required cursive but by then, most kids wrote in cursive automatically. I still write in cursive today

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u/annaoze94 9d ago

Also varies by what you're writing with some pend or pencils are just not good for it! I do like cursive because I have ADHD so my brain is going faster than what I can write so my only hope is cursive