Cursive writing is as archaic and USELESS as cuneiform or hieroglyphics.
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I can write cursive faster and neater than printing.
When I print that fast (and I have Mech Drawing and lettering experience), it gets messy.
When I was in college, on a whim, I took a course in calligraphy from a priest named Edward Cattich. He was supposed to be the worlds leading authority on the alphabet and handwriting. He tried to get left handers to switch but he wasn't emphatic about it and told me that if I fooled around with it long enough, I'd find that I could write fine with my left hand.
The thing that I remember the most from that class is that he told us that handwriting is anything that is done with your hand, including cursive, calligraphy and what we mistakenly called printing.
ANY and ALL printing is done by machine.