From my experience in SC... 5th grade. People were forgetting letters over summer break... So 1991...92?I took a package to the UPS store today and young breh said he can't read cursive writing. Learned from my mom that they rarely teach it now?
So I had a flabby nikka moment, when did they stop teaching cursive writing in school?
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nairdas
I've Destroyed Whole Planets
I wished they stopped teaching while I was in school. I had to learn it in 3rd grade and all I could think is that this shyt is trash. It's a lot of shyt in school they should just toss in the garbage. Like you really should only have to take algebra, geometry, etc if you really know you're going to college and that math really pertain to that major.
So much time wasted doing all that shyt for me. Majority of the shyt I learned in high school I haven't used since I graduated and have completely forgotten. I'm getting kind of mad thinking about it now lol.
So much time wasted doing all that shyt for me. Majority of the shyt I learned in high school I haven't used since I graduated and have completely forgotten. I'm getting kind of mad thinking about it now lol.
Did you learn how to sign your name in school?
We were taught how to sign our names in elementary school. Signatures had to be legible at one point. I know that may sound hard to believe
Hell, the word “legible” may be foreign to you.
IsThatBrothaMouzone?
Veteran
Remember them teaching it in like 2nd to 4th grade (1993 to 1995). Actually had way better cursive writing...my print looks like a serial killer.I took a package to the UPS store today and young breh said he can't read cursive writing. Learned from my mom that they rarely teach it now?
Definitely not "a thing" anymore since so much is done on computers. Better for a kid to be excellent at typing than to have great penmanship. Got points taken of my elementary school assignments for bad handwriting. Write JUST like my pops
SupaDupaFresh
Superstar
I was taught as a kid not only is it a quicker way to handwrite, its preffered way of handwriting in all formal and professional settings. So we gotta learn it. And that included having a good signature.
I'm one of those that takes a little pride in my signature. It's a mark of both your professional career and your life work in general. A little unique work of art that you leave on everything you've accomplished. For some people out there, their signature is one of the few things that will survive them. You gotta have a professional signature.
Rembrandt
the artist
Of course, in elementary school and then once I went to high school and college, I never had to use it again outside of the SAT and whenever my signature is required, which is usually on those digital pads.
I was in the weird transitional period between traditional mediums and the the rapid rise of the new ones. I went from phone books and corded phones to a boost mobile cell phone very quickly
I ain't gonna lie, I signed my passport recently and felt a tad embarrassed by how ugly that looked lol
Yeah, but it's not really. I worked in a multi million dollar construction firm and you know how many times I saw our CEO or Founders signature or had to worry about it? Almost zero tbh.
Though I do feel you on that sentiment and will never discourage it. I think having an amazing signature is a nice thing to have that elevates where you sign at.
It's just dying in relevancy bc as great as your signature is, why would I genuinely care about it or admire that work unless it's on something I'm saving?
I think that's where the age disparity comes into play where on my day to day, I really barely touch a pen and do everything digitally. So email etiquette and being succinct or whatever has been way more important than being able to have a nice signature.
But damn, maybe I should work on mine. That kinda hit deep
-Just feel safe knowing if some young savage breaks in & steals your lady valentine card he probably won't be able to read it.
Yea, when you have a unique scribble that others can't duplicate ... that's the point.
The more unique, the harder to forge. Signing with plain, regular cursive is silly.
I'm sure all these men learned cursive but some of these are illegible.
Here's what every president's signature looks like
Each president's signature appears on thousands of documents from their terms in office, including letters, executive orders, memorandums, and laws.
www.businessinsider.com
Rembrandt
the artist
Out of curiosity, what can be forged with a signature that doesn't also require another form of identification?
Is there anything that gets you by with just a signature?
When you deposit a check, do they ask for the ID of the person who gave it to you?
You know forged legal and financial documents still happen today?
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
And chalk boardsI’m a lefty so fukk cursive and her momma too!
Rembrandt
the artist
When you deposit a check, do they ask for the ID of the person who gave it to you?
You know forged legal and financial documents still happen today?
You go to banks to deposit a check?
And of course not, bc if you deposit a fraudulent check then you're held liable. Almost like they have systems in place designed around the future of checks.
And of course, that's why notaries exist bc an actual signature means very little
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You can deposit a check via bank app, via a human teller, or automated teller machine.
The bank app is still the bank.
We have congressman forging signatures for checks and you're asking me these questions?
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
An off shoot to this, I have a big watch collection and every single one of them is dead, I just wear them as jewelry lol I remember getting my first analog watch at like 7/8 thinking I was finally grown when someone would ask me for the time
Rembrandt
the artist
You can deposit a check via bank app, via a human teller, or automated teller machine.
The bank app is still the bank.
We have congressman forging signatures for checks and you're asking me these questions?
I'm confused, if the congressman was able to forge the checks, doesn't that mean signatures mean very little and can be duplicated?
Idk how showing how easy it is to forge a signature is a plus to signatures being a unique identifier.
Hence notaries and systems in place to combat forgery in banks.
I was genuinely asking a question so I may be off but I'm kinda confused on how a congressman forging a signature is somehow proof a signature is important. Rather than having systems in place to counteract fraudulent withdrawals and transfers.
Is your signature really that unique that if I really tried with a copy in front of me or used as tracing that I wouldn't be able to replicate it close enough for nobody to notice?
Edit: I was actually wrong on this, and forensic handwriting is still practicable.
Goddamn @concise, now you really got me curious about this shyt. I might have to rethink my signature or at least look into this more. I actually never thought more into it outside of practicable usages considering the rare usages of them, at least with me and my life.
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