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Would be interesting to track the use now. There was a return to enforced "joined up" writing as part of the national curriculum for exactly the reason outlined
by ealexhudson 6y ago
Would be interesting to track the use now. There was a return to enforced "joined up" writing as part of the national curriculum for exactly the reason outlined here : non-joined writing is seen as childish. Print script more or less goes away by age 6/7.
- maccard 6y agoAnecdotally, I went to school in ireland. Around age 9, cursive became mandatory, however I suffered from pretty illegible handwriting (to the point of multiple interventions between parents and teachers over 3-4 years). It was awful for me, and I was forced to continue with it. When I went to secondary, cursive was optional, and I returned to printing, but I was the only one. By the time I made it through university, I would hand wave it around 50-50 between cursive and printed. One interesting thing I've noted with my group of friends and my partners friends are that those who have poor handwriting tend to be better typists..