In America, cursive letters don’t look like block letters. Thats the point of this entire post. Kids can’t read it because it’s almost like learning a second alphabet. If they were one and the same why would anyone have trouble reading it?
In America plenty of people write regular print fluidly in one, or fewer pen strokes. But that’s not the same thing as cursive in America. Cursive is a very specific script of very extravagant, stylized letters.
I was taught to read and write cursive in grade school and now as an adult I literally can’t, because I’ve forgotten.
I think you need to look up the word cursive. Whatever traumatised you in school had a name that you didn’t learn such as D’Nealian Script. Cursive is the all encompassing word for flowing joined up script.
I have a hard time comprehending why anyone would have trouble reading it in the first place.
It’s Zaner-Bloser script, and that is what Americans are referring to when they say cursive. We have joined-up script here but we don’t call it cursive, even if technically speaking, it is. And it isn’t traumatizing, it’s just a pointless waste of time, and nobody wants to actively waste their time when they could be doing something of value instead.
It’s not hard to comprehend why people can’t read it, half of the letters don’t even resemble their print counterparts. You’d have to learn the cursive alphabet the same way you had to learn the print alphabet. If you don’t do that, you wouldn’t be able to read it, especially if somebody’s handwriting isn’t incredibly clean and clear.
In America, cursive letters don’t look like block letters. Thats the point of this entire post. Kids can’t read it because it’s almost like learning a second alphabet. If they were one and the same why would anyone have trouble reading it?
In America plenty of people write regular print fluidly in one, or fewer pen strokes. But that’s not the same thing as cursive in America. Cursive is a very specific script of very extravagant, stylized letters.
I was taught to read and write cursive in grade school and now as an adult I literally can’t, because I’ve forgotten.
I think you need to look up the word cursive. Whatever traumatised you in school had a name that you didn’t learn such as D’Nealian Script. Cursive is the all encompassing word for flowing joined up script.
I have a hard time comprehending why anyone would have trouble reading it in the first place.
It’s Zaner-Bloser script, and that is what Americans are referring to when they say cursive. We have joined-up script here but we don’t call it cursive, even if technically speaking, it is. And it isn’t traumatizing, it’s just a pointless waste of time, and nobody wants to actively waste their time when they could be doing something of value instead.
It’s not hard to comprehend why people can’t read it, half of the letters don’t even resemble their print counterparts. You’d have to learn the cursive alphabet the same way you had to learn the print alphabet. If you don’t do that, you wouldn’t be able to read it, especially if somebody’s handwriting isn’t incredibly clean and clear.