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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.  [/quote]

So they can read cursive.[/quote]

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?[/quote]

If they need to sign legal documents? I guess they can just print, but yikes. Also,[b] if they ever wanted to read historical documents in their original form[/b]?[/quote]

I learned cursive and even I can’t read old cursive. It’s quite different from modern cursive.[/quote]

It's not that different. I work at the National Archives and I didn't need to take a class on old cursive to read the documents.[/quote]

DP. I agree, once your eye becomes accustomed, then it is readable.  My DS, who can write cursive, though, couldn't read any of the documents at the Archives at all.  I suspect that we, who grew up both writing cursive and school and reading our classmates and teachers various styles of cursive, have so much more experience that we can learn to read the old handwriting.  But our kids, who may have had one teacher spend a little time on cursive and occasionally will see a classmate's writing, just don't have any experience to help them learn it.[/quote]

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