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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, it's trivially easy to learn cursive and it's basically always been an extension of penmanship.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've never been in a situation where penmanship mattered. Typing skills on the other hand are abysmal across the board and hamper my coworkers constantly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's an easy way to teach fine motor control.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

It really isn’t. Some people have a talent for it, most don’t.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Y'all don't use whiteboards?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Why is penmanship anything that we care about now? Who writes things outside of notes?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But why do children need to be required to learn it when there are more pressing skills that they need?