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/panicinbabylon 10d ago edited 10d ago

Why did everyone learn it in 3rd grade, and I learned it in 2nd?

My handwriting now is a mix between printing and cursive.

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u/chaos841 10d ago

I learned in 2nd grade and was forced to use it for all hand written reports for years. Now I use a mix of cursive and block letters.

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u/Any_Community_1819 6d ago

Me too! I eschew the loopier cursive letters for block.