[Straight Vermonter]

I also find it remarkable that non-teaching of cursive is so prevalent. I learned it, and I graduated high school in the late 1980s.

We're the same age. I learned it too but I just don't see the point in doing so today. When was the last time you wrote or received a letter? I write on the computer all day long but I can't remember when I wrote even a half page with pen and paper.

[Olog-hai]

I did a lot of handwritten essay-writing even in college. Word processors were not prevalent, and even typewriter labs did not have full-time access those days. When the computer labs came along, WordPerfect 5.1 seemed almost miraculous.