(CNN) -- A glance at teen stars Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber's letters to their younger selves makes one thing clear: their handwriting is terrible. In the letters, part of the Habbo Celebrity "Advice to My Teenage Self" book, the content is messy and their cursive signatures are barely legible.
The handwriting of today's teen stars "is so atrocious, it's talked about and recognized through the industry," says Justin King, a Toronto-based paparazzi for Flynet Pictures and independent autograph seller. "With stars ages 30 and above, they generally have a much more full, legible signature. When you deal with these new people like [teen actress] Elle Fanning, you're lucky if you get an E and F and a heart for her signature."
Unless penmanship becomes a part of the state testing, it will become worse or obsolete. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think public schools teach cursive anymore either.
ReplyDeleteahhh! good ole' Penmanship. After 8 years of Catholic school I will say that i have nice handwritting. God Bless those Nuns.
ReplyDeleteProbably before long, penmanship will not even exist among teens. There is so much text-messaging going on, with all those abbreviations, that they will communicate almost exclusively that way. Handwriting will disappear.
ReplyDeleteI have a 17 year old high school senior who knows very little cursive and prints everything. One teacher remarked, "well, they really don't need it in this age of computers...just to be able to sign his name on a document."
ReplyDeleteWhat about all the doctor's writing that you can't read? You can't judge intelligence by handwriting. That's like judging a person by the color of their skin.
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