No one should be proud of losing their ability to write in cursive. To have to “relearn” something that was taught in the second or third grade is regressive. Kids print; adults write. As technology, and especially the Internet, becomes more and more prevalent, people are not using computers and other devices to write and communicate correctly. They are just using them to communicate, period, sometimes in the most primitive and reckless manner. E-mails and blogs reveal some of the most atrocious spelling, grammar or lack of punctuation you could ever come across. It’s a chore to decipher it. More than just cursive writing is at stake here. One will always appear intelligent with the ability to read or write correctly. Pushing a mouse doesn’t require dexterity, nor that extra comprehension; only energy, as does printing with its time-consuming “boxey” strokes. Cursive, on the other hand, is quick and ongoing, and always indicative of individuality. To call it “useless,” as one grad student did, is regressive. And choosing to only print indicates more laziness than any kind of intelligent preference. One has to wonder if those willing to bury cursive writing will in the future be using an “X” to sign their names?

Carol Napier Hoffman
Alum

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