In the fifth grade, we were allowed to use a fountain pen, which we all LOVED using. By high school, we could use a ballpoint or fountain pen.
I ONLY write in cursive, when handwriting letters ( yes, I still do that, as well as sending E-mails ), writing a list or brief notes, on cards, envelopes, etc.!
Sadly it appears to be a dying out/lost "art for" now. :-(
Yep, kids today see it and think its a foreign language sadly. Many can’t even do basic math either. One girl though is suing her school for passing her without requiring her to know basic things like math, leaving her unprepared for college.I hope she wins! And I hope schools at some point begin to take education seriously again.