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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
When I was a kid, we could cursive up a blue streak. Now many kids in high school can't even sign their names. Sure, most of our writing is done on computer screens these days, but what happens when people encounter the need to look into historical records? Many young people today can't even read the Constitution in its original form. Are we doing a disservice to our kids by not teaching them to read and write cursive?
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Maybe there is a need to teach reading it. But does that require knowing how to write it?
I'm not terrible at reading it -- can't write in cursive to save my life.
My handwriting (NOT cursive) has definitely gotten worse.
I know in elementary school I had fairly neat handwriting, but by mid-high-school at the latest I am pretty sure I started getting a lot clumsier.
See how fast you can get out of practice...
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And what does this portend for the future of handwriting recognition software?
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We won't need it?
Although I assume we have some already, and it is doing its thing recognizing ancient historical texts.
Whatever. The way of the future is in digitizing information. We don't need to keep on recognizing handwriting, we just need to preserve what we've already got!