done with a fingertip on a digital screen. Evidently, a distinct personal signature is no longer needed. And for the record I think that sucks.

The only reason cursive writing methods were ever taught in schools was to make kids seem like part of the upper class. It's much more valuable to be able to letter (not "print" ) clearly.

As for signatures, you can use an 'X' as long as it's witnessed.

Look at it this way: How many protest signs, or signs of any kind, for that matter, have you seen in a cursive method? How many web pages? How many newspapers and magazines?

Would a witness need to be able to sign or write their name when someone uses an X?

I'm seriously just curious. I've seen people dog sign Xs but didn't know the part about a witness

in such cases

It has shown that cursive is important in teaching fine motor skills in children. Furthermore, printing is way more inefficient.

Cursive is still taught in many school districts in the U.S.

What I have found as disturbing is school districts are increasingly dumping the tried-and-true regrouping in addition and subtraction for something called "partial sums," which is way more inefficient and more confusing to kids.

Not everything in education is progress.

Heard it a dozen times. A lot of exercises teach fine motor skills, lettering among them. Many types of line art will do it as well. I developed very fine motor skills by studying drafting all through junior high and high school.

Oh, btw -- I've taught journalism.

More. The students who take pride in their cursive are also better academic students.

where you have to write quickly, cursive writing is very useful.

I like the way it feels when I'm writing, it seems to help me think as I'm forming the letters, but I'm a known weirdo, so...

Funny story my youngest child, son, 17 today, decided he needs to be able to have a signature, so he watched some videos on you tube and practiced for a while and now he has a signature. He has also informed me that it helps him take notes in class, because it is faster than typing on his school supplied chromebook.

for Trumpsters.

The digital age is being allowed to destroy our culture and society.

The machines are not doing this by themselves.

"guns don't kill people, people kill people."

the founder of the "We Do Not Care" club?
The braces on her teeth are throwing me off though.

I love your posts and I *know* it was not -*your* intent to imply that all Black women look alike, but this is a good opportunity to point out *for others* that Black women do not all look alike.

I was hesitant to post that exactly because I thought that someone may make that exact statement. I grew up in an urban area and my high school was majority black. I worked for an urban County government and the majority of my coworkers were black.

It was her voice more than her appearance that lead me to think that it might have been her.

BTW - I love Melani and look forward to watching her clips.

Sooooo glad you’re here, Mossfern!

I will do all my protest signs in cursive just to piss off the magats and make them wonder just what I’m saying.

We're getting a lot of videos posted here from sources I don't recognize. Some of them are questionable, at best.

documents that are in cursive so even if kids never learn cursive they will be able to use AI to decipher old documents that are written in cursive.

in life.

Yes, it's a lot of work to learn cursive writing, but it's one of those skills that stays with you for a lifetime.
If you want to argue against cursive writing, maybe we should also consider not teaching algebra. How many people use that as an adult?
Both should be optional subjects in grade/high school, as both do have a place in society.
I see the demise of cursive writing to be just another dumbing down of the education process.