My second grader has been trying to teach himself cursive -- I think because I still use it a lot.
I don't know where else he would see much of it, except where I've written somthing down and have forgotten to make sure it was all printed. (I write about half print and half cursive.)
I use cursive on envelopes, checks (yes, I still write lots of them even though I pay all my bills online!), and on notes that I'm writing, including my scrapbook pages. (Which future generations will probably not be able to read.
)
Most engineers (my profession
) write in block caps, but I don't. It looks terrible when I do it! (Maybe I'm not a real engineer!
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