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It makes no sense, you cannot be adept at science unless you are highly literate, learning cursive helps improve literacy; verbal, reading, and writing) proficiency. That is scientific fact. How can one be so proSTEM and anti-science at the same time??[/quote]

Could you post some links to some of this research that learning cursive, specifically, helps improve literacy and verbal proficiency? Not handwriting in general - specifically cursive. For children without particular special needs.[/quote]

Yes, please because all I have is anecdata that shows the opposite: two highly literate kids who can't write English cursive.[/quote]

How well will they do on an AP exam which requires responding to complex, timed questions?  Being able to read is one thing. Quickly responding in writing  to Qs about complex texts is another.

How well will they do?????[/quote]

They are doing great on their AP exams, thanks.[/quote]

Nobody is saying that kids without cursive are doomed to failure.

Cursive is a useful tool.  Like most tools it presents easier ways of doing things that could  be done in other ways.

Today, most professional writers probably use computers to write their novels/plays, etc.  A generation ago, writers used typewriters.  For much of history, writers used a quill pen.  Clearly, great literature was created with less effective tools.

I'm not suggesting that cursive is the ideal tool for all jobs, but for cases like taking essay tests when computer usage isn't an option, or in note-taking, I think it is the best tool for the task.

While I think it's wonderful that your kid well on the AP test, a mastery of cursive might have made it easier for them to do well.  It would have meant less time during the test devoted to the mechanics of writing.  It also would have made it easier for them to take lecture notes to study the material which the test covers.

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