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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cursive writing is not being taught in much of America. [View all]
Cursive writing (longhand writing) is no longer being taught in schools in many states. Children are taught to print, (capital and lower case), and to use keyboards, but that's all. And this isn't happening in red states only. Some blue states have decided that being able to write the English language in longhand isn't important.
Perhaps it's just me, but I think this is insanity. If you can't write out the English language in longhand, how will you be able to read it?
The Declaration of Independence is written in longhand. The Constitution is written in longhand. Evidently, unless they read printed versions, these documents will be nothing more than encoded, "ancient" documents to much of Generation Z, and generations to come.
I can come up with countless reasons why it is important to retain cursive writing as part of our universal education. But I'd rather hear you thoughts on this. So I'm going to shut up and listen to your answers. I may even jot down a few notes here and there to your replies.