Cursive writing is not being taught in much of America.

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48. Reading ability does not equal writing ability

There are people who can read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic, but most likely can't write them. Handwriting is a skill, much like tying shoes and using knives and forks or chopsticks. The only way to keep good at it is to do it all the time.

I know, because I used to have very elegant handwriting (and still do), but I can't write for more than a few sentences before my handwriting just go to crap. It's because I don't do handwriting much anymore. I type most of the time, just as I am doing now. This mode of written communication will be with us for quite a while, and handwriting will become less common.

Maybe handwriting should be taught as part of history and perhaps art. More like calligraphy rather than as a utilitarian means of communication.