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comment by Hein
Hein  ·  4182 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Cursive Writing

Cursive writing was originally developed for fast writing huge quantities by HAND. I myself noticed that after finishing school and before I started to write by keyboard I dropped cursive writing in favor of straight, loose letters which read much better. Making cursive writing mandatory is stupid and outdated (like forcing left-handed children to write right-handed). Learning tables of multiplication though is always a good thing, even in times of calculation apps on your smart phone. So that even without batteries you can still do your math.