Modern educators are dismissive of cursive.  Indeed, many are hostile to such a degree that you should immediately suspect that they are up to something. Here is an education journalist providing the Party Line: "Cursive writing is an anachronism. Spending any classroom time on it is comparable to teaching how to use an abacus: it's interesting as a history lesson, and probably offers some side benefits, but it is not at all practical as a day-to-day skill in the modern, connected world." A professor of education argues: "Cursive should be allowed to die. In fact, it's already dying, despite having been taught for decades."  (You can depend on education professors to confuse "decades" with "centuries.") When you read such swaggering attacks on cursive, you might assume that the question is settled.  The old geezer is dead, so take him off life support.  You rarely see thoughtful...(Read Full Article)