Proponents of cursive say that many of the country's historical documents were written in the fancy script ... you need a signature for autographs,” she told the children.

“I think it’s more fancy,” he said ... to know how to write their own name and write it in a signature, because you’re going to use that. It’s part of your identity.” Teaching cursive has long been a ...

“It’s kind of fancy ... he had difficulty learning cursive as an elementary school student in the 1970s. Olsen also worries about the loss of cursive’s signature contribution: the ...

English says there is no legal requirement that a signature needs to be written in cursive. You can print your name. So, what about the separate signature and print lines on forms? English says ...

With technology pervasive in society and fewer documents that need a cursive signature, some educators ... time in the school day for it? (Sonja B. Santelises, the chief academic officer for ...

It requires a certain patience, if not talent, to get the fancy ... cursive is not required to sign or endorse a check or for printed legal documents and contracts. Instead, printed signatures ...

So what's the big deal if your little John Hancock doesn't have a big loopy cursive signature of his own? Antiquated or no, cursive is viewed by some parents and educators as essential to an ...