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Should cursive writing be required in schools?
Only three state have made cursive a part of the core curriculum requirements while 45 states require proficiency in computer keyboarding at the elementry level. Some states have made cursive optional.
Has our society advanced to the point of where handwriting has become unnecessary.
What impacts can you see on not being able to write in cursive. Could printing be just as acceptable?
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Kate Gladstone
" But I think this way of 'efficiency' is highly individual and nothing which could actually be taught."
That's false, though — because I teach it, and so do colleagues of mine, and our students learn it with pleasure and success. In fact ... The first published handwriting textbooks taught this way of writing. (Let me know if you want a link to the very earliest one, with an English translation on the site.)
To see this type of writing taught today, visit:
Http://www.italic-handwriting.org
http://www.BFHhandwriting.com
http://www.handwritingsuccess.com
http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com