I had a mortal enemy in the form of my 3rd grade teacher who humiliated me via my messy cursive writing in front of peers. I dreaded the day of the parent-teacher conferences, because I knew this teacher flat out hated my guts, and the feeling was mutual. But to my great surprise and relief, this time my mom sat me down and read me the riot act for all the stuff I deserved it for, but then said that she believed me about the teacher being a bitch (or words that conveyed that sentiment) and that I was to work extra hard and blah blah, but that I would not not be forced to learn to write with my right hand like the teacher demanded, and I would not be punished or disciplined for my cursive skills (or lack thereof)
So while I’d be happy to see cursive go, personally, I think I hate the idea of Common Core even more than that teacher, and the sooner we abolish the Dept. of Education and put education in the hands of local school boards and parents, the better.
I remember the shame in the 4th grade of being in sent to special ed for my lousy handwriting. I am left handed, write “curved over”, and to this day can feel my hand tense up instantly if I have to write an extended cursive piece. Good riddance to cursive....
I had a 5th grade teacher who did not appreciate my artistic talent for putting circles to dot my i’s and tails on my y’s and G’s. Show me one 11 year old girl in the western hemisphere who doesn’t use circles to dot her I’d. But, I digress. I spent that summer at schools end to teach myself to print... in caps too, rather than cursive. Guess I showed her!!
I never had great handwriting, but did have a good vocabulary. My teacher did not. Made for a very interesting three years between fourth and sixth grade.