Question about cursive writing (aka "real writing.")

[obamanut2012]

6. There is zero reason to learn cursive, unless it's as an art

It was created for quills. We don't use quills. Or fountain pens. Kids need to learn to print neatly and fast and to type. I know people will be telling me why I;m wrong in this thread but no, you are wrong. It isn't needed, and is a waste of class time.

Teaching fine motor skills this way? Lots of other ways to do that. LOTS.

Need to read for classwork? I think reading it could be very easily taught as a unit in lit or history classes -- a short, fun unit.

IT ISN'T NEEDED ANYMORE -- LET IT GO!!!!!!

I could never make that stupid Q or Z correctly, and had to rewrite it hundreds of times in 2nd grade.

Want your kid to learn it? Lots of books that can do that -- make it a fun summertime project.

And no, you don't need it for a "legal signature."

I can just barely remember Watergate, so am a semi old, and had a huge callus on my finger from writing cursive all those years. It's gone now. I print quickly and well, more neatly than I ever wrote cursive. Probably the ONLY thing I still use cursive for is my signature, and that is just from habit.

I work with college kids all day, and they and young staff members are intelligent, and do great with just printing and typing.