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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it should. Brain to hand connections are important in our development as thinkers. [/quote]

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Also those who write notes by hand tend to remember and synthesize them better than those who use a keyboard.  [b]And writing in cursive is easier and fast than printing[/b].[/quote]

That is not universally true. I know a lot of people (including me) who write exclusively in print, quickly.[/quote]

This may be because you were never required to extensively write in cursive. Often if schools teach it nowadays they only teach it in 3rd grade  and never require the students to use it again. When I was in school, we were required to use cursive all through high school.

Cursive is easier to teach and with proficiency in cursive is much faster than print since the pencil does not have to be lifted off the paper as much as with print. Many occupational therapists also recommend cursive for those with dysgraphia since it is easier to learn. Also, in the early 1900s cursive was taught first starting from kindergarten. This would help a lot with getting students proficient in cursive.

Another drawback to not teaching cursive is that many art teachers find that students do not have the fine motor skills to draw well as much anymore. I also believe that learning the skill of cursive helps students to learn how to focus and gives them a sense of accomplishment.[/quote]

I am the PP you are responding to. I [i]was[/i] required to extensively write in cursive. I had to write in cursive for every school assignment from third grade to ninth grade. Once I stopped having to write in cursive for school, in tenth grade, I stopped writing in cursive. My partner is roughly the same age as I am and had to do the same thing in school and also doesn't write in cursive. I wish that people would stop generalizing.[/quote]

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