It could be that the way they are taught in elementary school is to write it any way they want in the beginning. “See Jane run” is no longer taught. Garbage in, garbage out. There are no rules.
We had handwriting books and had to use fountain pens with ink cartridges. We could all write cursive and it didn’t look like a 2nd grader. Why can’t they just go back to these standards or when our parents were in school? It was strict, disciplined and it was highly embarrassing to get sent to the principle’s office or make a bad grade.