New Technology : The 4 Worst Arguments for Teaching Cursive in Schools

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American schools are slowly phasing out cursive handwriting, which is an unambiguously good thing. Cursive is an archaic form of communication – one best left to history. To be clear, when I talk about “cursive handwriting” I speak mostly of the Palmer Method, a simplified form of script popularized in the early 20th century, designed specifically with speed in mind (in part to better compete with typewriters). This kind of writing is, in my humble opinion: Slower than typing. Harder to learn, and read, than print handwriting. Ugly, when compared to more stylized scripts. There’s literally no reason for schools...

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