make those perfect t s, crossing all the s s and making them swirl back and everything else. dave s handwriting is exactly on par with that. all cursive. but now schools are dropping cursive in droves because people aren t using it and there s no way to really accurately test for it and they want to devote their time to other tests and other studies. it makes sense. look, with so many people who are texting, you send e-mails all time, we write on our computers all the time. cursive it may go the way of the do-do bird. i think you look upset. i m sorry, you feel nostalgic with cursive. with the little curly q s. he s got a cute i m hanging on for dear life. my kids, they re learning cursive. why? why is it so important? you know, i just feel like it s a lost art. it s something important. sign checks although we don t write checks school administrators at western springs elementary school have said that they found that it actually teaches cognitive skills. that by actu