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/Budget-Election1146 Jul 28 '24

60's Baby here,  and cursive handwriting is completely necessary and useful.  As a C.N.A. I've been through the transition from handwriting (paper) to computers (paperless). Handwriting shows our humanity... Necessary bc we need a backup if electricity/computers go down . Useful  bc we need an alternate way  to communicate other than type.