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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many of you all use cursive in your everyday life? I'm in my 30s and cannot remember the last time I had to write something in cursive aside from my signature on a receipt. I was in MCPS ES 20+ years ago and they made us write in cursive because "all your middle and high school teachers will expect this and you'll need it later in life." No, they didn't, and no, I didn't. MCPS has a lot of problems but I don't see this as one of them.[/quote]

While I don't write as much as more (my signature degrades with each passing year), and I'm ancient (in my 40s), there is some connection between learning and using print and handwriting that isn't achieved by typing and mouse clicks.  It is like how doodling whiling listening to meeting conversation can help you focus more on what is being said.  I was a STEM major and work in IT/IT consulting.  In 3rd grade my class learned cursive AND calligraphy in a US public school.  While professionally I have not relied on writing much, I believe that there is a place for it in the learning environments, and would prefer to see more of it through middle school and high school.[/quote]

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