I’ve been married a year, but I still haven’t figured out a decent way to sign my new last name. The beginning “E” is legible, but that’s it. I normally scribble the rest. I try to make the scribbles look similar to the last time I scribbled my name on some important form, but I’ve not always been successful. Luckily nobody has raised the issue yet. My biggest problem is the cursive “z”. It’s not my fault my elementary teachers said cursive was going out of style! To my generation, typing is more important than cursive skills. Anyway, today I practiced signing my name. I think I need to work on it some more.
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Cursive is now being “introduced” in elementary, but the rigor and the high expectations for good penmanship have gone out the window. My students come to me in the sixth grade with great computer skills, but very few can write or read cursive. It’s a sad day!