Re-blogged from sarahlane:

So you can write your essays out nicely in blue or black ink in junior high. Who else remembers that? They used to make us write everything out longhand because some people didn’t have typewriters or computers and they wanted it to be fair, and for us to practice our penmanship. And the girls were banned from using stupid pen colors like pink and purple and turquoise for schoolwork. Handwriting was much more important in those days. I knew girls who methodically dotted their i’s with hearts. Every single time. It was part of their identity….their really annoying identity.

I hated those days because I’m a southpaw and always walked around with a big blue or black smudge down my left hand.

Wow, I’m just now realizing I don’t know what anyone’s handwriting looks like anymore. I’m a 33-year old dinosaur.

I agree with Sarah 100%.  There is no need to learn or teach cursive handwriting anymore.  We live in a different age.  The educational emphasis should be on “proper” typing skills.  That is to say, typing without looking at the keyboard!