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Cursive should not be taught in schools

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Most people who attended third grade before 2010 learned cursive.

Learning cursive used to be part of the United State’s core curriculum, meaning schools needed to teach cursive. After the technological boom around 2010, the US removed cursive from the curriculum. Most people learn cursive from third grade to fourth grade; then, the writing style disappeared from classrooms.

I’m here to say there is no reason to learn cursive, much less bring it back. When cursive formed in the 17th and 18th centuries, people did not have computers, phones or any typing device—just paper and some ink.