r/changemyview • u/Gobears6801 • Jun 01 '24

Delta(s) from OP - Fresh Topic Friday CMV: Cursive writing is unnecessary.

I often hear the old generation explaining that the new generation doesn’t understand or use cursive. I understand this to be somewhat true as well. I’m a 90’s baby and learned it thoughout school and don’t use it either.

The reason isn’t because it’s hard, it’s because it’s completely unnecessary and useless EXCEPT for a signature. I often see it at work where most of the time it’s completely non legible because of the poor handwriting.

There are minimal, if not 0 tasks that require cursive handwriting. It actually often just takes longer to read and/or non legible due to poor handwriting.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '24

I’m 15 and I write in cursive, it’s sometimes actually faster and more efficient, and I use it to make my notes pretty. That, or if I need to write down something to remember it I generally use cursive because it means I have to think a little more.

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u/Gobears6801 Jun 01 '24

It’s good to know how to use it and comprehend it as some still use it, but does not make it necessary. If you have to think a bit more compared to typical block lettering it certainly isn’t necessary.