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It was worthless back in the 90s.
Looks like shit to me. 🤷
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I disagree but you are entitled to your opinion. But just because something is beautiful doesn’t mean it needs to be forced on our already hugely overworked children. This is absurd.
The utilitarian value of both art and cursive is indistinguishable from zero. Neither are "worthless", because there are non-utilitarian ways of establishing value.
It would be more accurate to say that both art and cursive are "useless" than "worthless".
It looks cool though. I just bought a fountain pen so I think it's essential to learn cursive
Save it for art class.
You decide what children should learn in school based on your recent purchases?
That's a strong point there. I guess because I grew up with it and found it cool, I expected future students to learn it as well. How else would they learn to write their signatures?
There is no requirement at all for a signature to be in cursive. As a matter of fact, a signature doesn’t even need to be anything in particular at all, simply consistent. You could draw a cat as long as you always draw it the same way
I have 20 or so fountain pens, probably more. I use them exclusively since 2014 and, strangely enough, have never felt the urge to write in cursive. They perform almost exactly like normal pens but without the pressure on the tip.
Calligraphy, sure, but just for kicks. Cursive is still useless imo and was when I had to learn it as a kid. I sure as hell wouldn’t make kids now learn such a niche writing form that is somehow far, far less relevant than dip pens much less fountain.
A lot of the fountain pen guys I follow all write in cursive so I'd thought I'd pick up the skill again. I thought learning cursive in elementary was kind of neat (California education system) and I'm pretty rusty for not using it for so long.
Weird, I usually only see calligraphy. Glad you’re boarding the train though, they’re a lot better than ballpoint or rollerball!
Nonsense. You're not fluent unless you know cursive.