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It is extremely close to my grandfather's (Indian). I suspect that that Indian generation really nailed cursive.

• quanticle 15y ago
  Its more like older generations of all sorts nailed cursive. Remember, back then 99% of all writing was handwriting. Even those who had typewriters only used them to make final drafts of documents - the first versions were all handwritten. The fact that people's handwriting back then was so good comes from them having ample opportunity to practice good handwriting.
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  • myearwood 15y ago
    Schools which force you to have perfect handwriting are crushing creativity and entrenching bureaucracy.The implied message is that the expression of ideas is more important than the ideas themselves.As long as your handwriting should be legible and that's it. Do not put the medium before the message.
• Killah911 15y ago
  I actually grew up there, and I remember that my teacher's would take points off for anything less than awesome handwriting. During math exams we'd basically do all the work on a separate sheet/scratch sheet and then copy it over to the final notebook we'd submit for grading. Great handwriting and neat notes were considered a sign of an educated person... (With the exception of doctors, they were required to have crazy handwriting, at least for prescriptions)