I was shocked when I found out my son wouldn't have to learn cursive writing in school—and that was over 10 years ago.
Apparently educators figure that with everyone typing on keebs and touchscreens, the occasional handwritten note doesn't warrant taking the trouble to teach handwriting.
My son, in bold defiance of this trend, learned to do it anyway. He realized that cursive writing would not only save a great amount of time when writing by hand, but that his writing would be a unique expression of his personality—and, as such, that it could be an enormously effective tool in self-discovery, something a keeb or touchscreen could never do.
Okay, not really. He prints everything—like my dad used to do, who never graduated high school. Ironic. Quite a loss, too, if you ask me.
And yes, we're discussing this on a keyboard forum. More irony.