but that the innocent must be swept into the mess is inexcusable and unnecessary.
The innocent and niave,,,are far easier to indoctrinate having little in the way of powers of discrimination.
To most kid not having” to learn cursive means....less work, rather than something lost or more accurately never gained.
It was not until another poster here pointed it out that id thought about the fact that kids lacking the ability to read cursive. can not read the original Founding Documents...of the U.S.A
I’d bet that few of the he “progessive” “educators” in the “rank and file” understand the power of depriving children of the skill of reading and writing in cursive.
I believe you are correct in that assessment. They see it as sparing the child [and themselves] the pain of learning something which they see as unnecessary and outmoded.
But, of course, there are more reasons to learn cursive writing than being able to read old documents. It's faster to write and the discipline alone -- it's somewhat of an art -- is valuable.
Be honest, everyone. Have you actually put pen or pencil to paper today? I would wager that for the majority of us we rarely actually pick up a pen/cil and write, whether in print or in cursive. I “write” all day, but I rarely will use anything but a keyboard.