[Sonny M]

I remember when I was a kid, we got drilled, drilled, and drilled some more to write cursive, we had to learn it, write essays in it, the whole 9 yards......Amazingly, when I got to High School, I wound up never using it again (except to write my signature).

To be blunt, I haven't used cursive in over 20 years for anything other then my signature (and now I "print" my signature).

Schools should have gotten rid of cursive a long long time ago, and kids should be learning how to type instead, though, personally, I think we should teach them to use a DVORAK keyboard instead of the traditional QWERTY, but thats something that will have to wait (if it ever happens).

[muawiyah]

When you get up into the 200 wpm range doesn’t matter how the keyboards are laid out ~ the bending and adjustments only work for the amateurs!

[ArrogantBustard]

Why did you type Dr. August Dvorak's last name in all capitals?

The following question may seem completely unrelated, but do you have any opinion at all regarding Esperanto?

[matt04]

I graduated HS in 04. I don’t recall anyone using cursive in HS. Once you got to middle school, it stopped being requirement and maybe the occasional assignment that the teacher wanted in cursive. No one used cursive in college, or in real life that I know of. If it is important it eventually ends up typed, possibly based off some printed notes.

The only item I regulatory use cursive is to sign my name, and even then it is a hybrid of printing, cursive and a squiggly line.

Schools should be focused on skills needed today and in the future, proper typing and grammar.