Remember it well....inkwell on desk and all. Remember practicing “running ovals” over and over? I think it was the Palmer method. I really don’t recall when we started them. We didn’t have kindergarten in those days but perhaps by 2nd grade we had penmanship lessons?
Remember that prior to those ovals, we all had to practice drawing all of those slant lines; row after row, after row, after row? It was all so boring, but paid off later!
We started cursive in third grade ( with pencils ) and proudly graduated to straight/dip pen in 4th grade. We were all so very proud and felt so grown up, when we could use ink!