-=> August Abolins wrote to Gamgee <=-

 AA> When I heard that, I thought, WTF.  Cursive writing is often
 AA> the basis of even producing one's signature later in life.

My 11 year-old daughter learned cursive in a parochial school and enjoys it 
- she's a creative one and loves to write.

My 18 year-old son never learned, and he's having to hack together a 
signature now that he's legally an adult.

He has a bizarre way of holding the pencil between his thumb, index and ring 
finger that's very slow, and he's a poor note-taker because of it (and 
claims that it's too late to change).

I've tried to inform him that he'll be writing all his life and the earlier 
he's comfortable with it, the better.

Oddly, he's not alone. I've seen other kids holding pencils the same way.

I'm left-handed, was taught to orient the paper the way a right-hander does, 
so I hook my hand over the writing - which has resulted in a lifetime of 
smeared writing and poor cursive.

I never took typing classes in high school, so I hunt-and-peck, albeit very 
quickly.

I'd hope the next generation would learn from my mistakes, but no...  





 
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