Originally Posted by
trackhub
... My own employer is all over 20-somethings these days. They know their computer stuff. Who cares if they can't write cursive?
I'm 60-something, and I can't write decent cursive, either. I guess that makes me relevant.
Seriously, I always struggled with handwriting and abandoned standard cursive (which favors right-handers) for semi-connected printing as soon as I was allowed to. Even better, my 5th and 6th grade teacher insisted everyone learn to touch type (which by design favors left-handers), making him way ahead of his time in 1960. Hearing my paternal grandmother, a retired school librarian and seasoned traveler who wrote long letters to her many friends around the world, clatter away at 90 WPM gave me additional incentive.
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