I'm OK with cursive's demise. It's progress.

I never liked cursive writing. Most of the time it's illegible anyway.

Well I better get on translating those handwritten notes on the back of photos for the next generation.

As a person of 53 I now have a secret language.... bwahaha.....

Let it die.

My handwriting was always awful.. . But I still lament the loss of the cursive script... I think it showed the character of the writer to an extent.. and was part of their persona.

Wow, reading these replies is really eye opening. Facebook, has by an large mostly rants about how cursive should be taught in school.

Kind of screams that religion and backwards/not thinking go hand in hand.

I can see why it doesn't fit into todays society, however it think it would be sad to lose it. I actually enjoy it and use it as often as I can. Of course I am from the generation that used it regularly, before the proliferation of computers so I probably have a different appreciation of it than those that are younger.

It's an anachronism. It has no real purpose anymore.

With a decent calligraphy pen it is like an art ..but with a bic pen my cursive is awful I tend to write a letter at a time

I don't mind it that much really. I always had trouble writing in cursive, though I got pretty good at it. in todays information/electronic age there is less and less use for it (less letter writing, and the use of optical character recognition by scanners i.e. Post Office). Plus, I've been told that a hybrid of print and cursive is much faster to write and is better for note taking and therefore is better for students.

I found it useless just like algerbra.

I’m fine with it. Telegrams/teletypes are gone, for example, along with many other forms of communication, as new advances are made. IMHO, it’s more important TO communicate well, no matter the form.
I do laugh at the meme about how we have gone back to heiroglyphics!

I dig it.

I read faxes off the computer screen and enter the data. The majority of which are hand-written.

I would be happy if people would just print legibly.

Sometimes it takes several attempts to decipher a name or account number.

The ability to read cursive, for older texts might be a profitable skill in the future though.

my hands can no longer keep up with my stream of consciousness - so even typing slows me down. I can't ever read my cursive anymore - so why use it?

It is obsolete as Blacksmithing. No point in teaching it except for those who are obsessed with learning it for caligraphy purposes.

I’m okay with it being phased out.

I don't care. I don't know what it is and I'm dyslexic.

Not necessary anymore. There are so many things kids need to learn in order to be successful in this complicated tech driven world. I would much rather my kids learn to use the internet effectively and intelligently. That's how information is shared now. There is only so much time in a school day after all. If they have to write something on a paper they can just print. They don't know how to use inkwells anymore either and it doesn't bother me.

I have been writing in only block letters for years but I heard that they were going to start teaching cursive again. I thought "When did they STOP teaching cursive?! How the hell do kids learn to sign their name?!"

First, I'm sorry that you have dyslexia; I can't imagine having that. Second, personally, I like writing in cursive. At work, my boss makes me print notes, and I don't like it; it takes forever. I think they should still teach it. Learning can never be a bad thing.

I know there are people who are really up in arms about it but I don't think it's really that big a deal. I've heard the question; how will they sign their names? Which is a valid question but it's becoming less and less necessary even in todays business world.