Or maybe it was that regardless, eventually you got to use a pen instead of a pencil ... going on in cursive, you know what to look for, so you get good at reading all kinds of handwriting ...

Two lawmakers have introduced bills that would require students to learn cursive handwriting in Missouri schools.

Cursive writing is easier than printing ... I [just] think kids should write more, using paper and pencil. They just use ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.