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On 7/07/13, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote:

> Should schools teach cursive writing? Why or why not?

I think students need to be able to READ cursive writing,
because they will sometimes encounter it. (It surprises me how
often I've encountered high school students, and even adults,
who do come across something written in cursive or typed in a
cursive-style font and they say, "I can't read that.") It is a
form of our alphabet and people should know how to read it;
being completely unable to read cursive is a form of
illiteracy since there will be times when that skill is needed
in order to read something. They should also be able to write
their own name in cursive as a signature. But I do not think
we need to spend massive amounts of time having students
practice writing in cursive over and over until they can do it
fluently and beautifully... or requiring that "all work must
be written in cursive" etc... just the basics, enough to be
able to read it, to sign their name, and to have the ability
to use it in developing their own handwriting style if they so
choose.

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