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thenewgreen  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

I was at a birthday party for a friend of my daughters yesterday and there was a boy there that was in 3rd grade. I asked him if he was learning cursive. He said, "no" and his father confirmed that they don't teach it anymore. I cannot remember the last time I wrote in cursive or any time in my life when I felt a desire or need to do so. As a parent, I have no issues with the time it would take to teach my children cursive being allocated elsewhere.