re: Cursive- a lost form?

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How long did it take you to learn cursive? I think it was about a one hour class for half of second grade for the school I went to. Not exactly a huge waste of time to learn a skill that provides you with the key to correspondence with countless people who still use it.

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It may have taken only six months to learn but I remember receiving a worthless "handwriting" grade all the way through eighth grade.

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And since we're at it, should we quit wasting time with math? Why learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, when gadgets in your pocket or on you wrist can do it for you error-free?

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Not even close to comparable. We aren't talking about a machine that does cursive for us. We are talking about an expression of writing, not writing itself. It's more akin to saying that students should learn how to work math problem on touchscreen tablets instead of looseleaf.