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| I broke out in a rash just seeing this again. Oh, the humanity! |
I've had cursive writing on my list of things
to write about for a couple of years, but never have seemed to be able to get
around to it.
Basically, like most guys, I never did well
with cursive, lacking the fine motor skills to produce the beautiful flowing script found in our handwriting books.
Yes, we had Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
instruction books, which our parents had to pay extra so that we could have the privilege of being
frustrated at every turn. There was even a special what we would call now
ergonomic Zaner-BLoser pen (part of the package) that had a place for your
fingers and an odd point to it with a
little ball near the other end. The pen was good to chew on when I got
frustrated with trying to write correctly, which was most of the time.
I did very well in elementary school, but
received constant “C’s” in handwriting. Like most guys, I switched to a sort of
half-cursive, half printed style It looked (and looks like this): This is how my buddies and I wrote throughout high
school and college, and how I write even to this day.
My
daughter Amy, who teaches fourth grade, says that cursive writing is not
even on her radar. I think they teach it in third grade, and Amy writes in it
so the kids will be able to read it, but she avoids inflicting that sort of
anguish on her charges. In any case,
keyboard has become the new normal, and I’m even doing this on a keyboard. I’m
finally able to produce the beautiful, flowing script that has eluded me for so
long. Just not with a pen and paper.
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