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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @10:48PM
the decline (and collapse) of corporal punishment in the home and at school for example.
That's a good observation. People used to be able to smack around their wives a little, which is fine as long as it doesn't leave a bruise or do significant damage. Violence can be used as a tool to make others do what you say, and that's what I want parents and spouses doing.