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Originally Posted by jkeene
And here's the full quote.
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I could see the full line well enough, thank you very much.
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I never called it chattel slavery, you leaped to that incorrect conclusion yourself.
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Oh, I'm sorry-- I was confused by the definition of the word "slavery."
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/slavery
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Certainly cursive is often a faster form of handwriting than printing, though for today's schoolchildren I think that's not useful. Riding a horse is faster than walking, but mandatory classes in cursive handwriting are about as valuable as mandatory classes in horsemanship.
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The claim that modern children do not need to write because they can type on keyboards is as utterly idiotic as claiming that modern children do not need to learn math because they can use calculators.