Socsa comments on I've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned.

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

To be fair, it's trivially easy to learn cursive and it's basically always been an extension of penmanship.

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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've never been in a situation where penmanship mattered. Typing skills on the other hand are abysmal across the board and hamper my coworkers constantly.

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's an easy way to teach fine motor control.

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[+] I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Or disassembling electornics, which ice used way more than fucking cursive.

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[–] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 2 points 2 years ago

I'm really confused by all of these not being on the curriculum. I went to secondary school in the 90s in the UK. I had learned joined up writing in early primary school (which was what you used to write essays and coursework) and I had both an electronics class where we soldered circuits and IT class where typing improvement games were available.

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