Plus, nothing beats a personal, hand-written (in cursive) letter for writing a thank you, love letter, or other important correspondence.The goal is to equip the student to function well in all disciplines, including scribing free-hand.
As a former teacher for 22 years I was tempted to comment on this thread, but it seems the both of you have stated exactly what I was going to say!
Thank you!
I'm taken aback buy the support of educational mediocrity I find on this thread--among conservative thinkers; however, the up-side is the ease with which one may train a child to be a standout among its peers, I suppose: yet my heart breaks for this.