The New Yorker wonders:
My children know how to print their letters. And they type frighteningly well. Still, I can't escape the conviction that cursive—writing it and knowing how to read it—represents some universal value. I'm not the only one who thinks so. Every year, there are worried articles about the decline of cursive and its omission from school curricula. And there's a backlash, one that I secretly cheer for. When I read that Washington state is now considering Senate Bill 6469, "an act related to requiring that cursive writing be taught in common schools," I gave a little fist pump in the air.
Cursive and handwriting are dead. Communication of the future will be done with pure emoticons.
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Wednesday November 02 2016, @01:53PM
+6. I think a lot of geeks can remember being tortured and abused by teachers and peers over handwriting in school.
I homeschool my kids, and I'm all for people teaching their kids what they think is important. If you want your kids to learn cursive, teach them yourself. Mine may learn it briefly but they will certainly not spend the miserable hours I spent, and will certainly never be tortured by their teachers over it.
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