The reason people use ( used) cursive is for speed. There is less need to take the pen or pencil off the paper which slows the process. When children use the same strokes for printing that will later be used for cursive, the transition is seamless, very quick, and easy. Children struggle with cursive because they are taught to **print** incorrectly, thus making the transition impossible.
As for calligraphy: It is quick to learn, and useful sometimes, in certain situations, especially when I am not carrying a portable printer around in purse.
Let me think?...Is is better to have more skills that are “pretty” or less? Is ugly better than pretty? Gee! Hard to decide./s
You need to stop making assumptions, especially when they’re basically just thinly masked insults. The need for ad hominems shows you know your position can’t stand on its own logic.
I learned cursive fine, and used it quite extensively for the rest of my schooling. but the minute it was no longer called up by school I stopped because I also learned that it was completely useless. Most letters are more pen strokes than print so it’s slower NOT faster, most writers aren’t as clear when they’re writing it so it’s also slower to read. It has no purpose at all.
As for calligraphy it is never useful, ever, in any situations, ever. Period. Because a calligraphy set is really no easier to carry around than something you printed before you left the house.