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Cursive! Foiled again!
The teaching of cursive may be fading away, but the love of good penmanship still flourishes like a well-formed capital letter B. Even if our own penmanship has degraded to the barely legible, we value handwriting. We believe it confers a bunch of good stuff on our brains. On top of that, it is a truth universally acknowledged that it’s tremendously nice to get a handwritten thank you note. Collectively, readers stated that the skill of handwriting isn’t a dead art akin to illuminating parchment manuscripts it’s a communication tool that we cherish. Hundreds of readers wrote in to tell of their experience with pen and paper. People not only respect cursive, but the act of handwriting is appreciated for the way it marshalls the hand, the eye and the mind.