tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post7560741846098515965..comments2023-10-03T09:00:22.747-04:00Comments on INSIGHT on Freedom: Can Your Child Write in Cursive? No, I Am NOT Kidding!Longstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-77403118667342152682009-02-25T15:36:00.000-05:002009-02-25T15:36:00.000-05:00If individuality (in writing or elsewhere) depende...If individuality (in writing or elsewhere) depended on cursive, how did people become and remain individuals over 300 years ago, before the invention of cursive?<BR/><BR/>Research shows, in any case, that the fastest and clearest handwriters avoid cursive. Highest-speed highest-legibility handwriters tend to use print-like letter-shapes wherever printed and cursive letters "disagree" -- these fastest, clearest handwriters also join only some of the letters, making the easiest joins and skipping the rest. (For further information and source, see the "Writing Rebels" web-page at http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com )<BR/><BR/>Even signatures do not legally require cursive, and never have required it -- see the FAQ page on signatures at the handwriting improvement information site http://www.HandwritingThatWprks.com ... or simply ask your attorney! (Yes -- anyone telling you that "signatures require cursive" has misrepresented the law of the land.) <BR/><BR/>Kate Gladstone <BR/>Founder and CEO, Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works handwriting improvement service Director, World Handwriting Contest http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.comKateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.com