The Case Against Cursive Handwriting

• Students feel their time is wasted on skills they won't need, like cursive.
• Schools have more critical topics to teach students for success.
• Technology offers many reasons why cursive instruction is unnecessary.
• E-signatures are gaining popularity, allowing for typed signatures on electronic documents.
• Most handwritten signatures are nearly illegible.
• Places requiring signatures rarely check them against driver's licenses.
• Cursive doesn't offer added security over digital signatures.
• Cursive is a tool for communication, not a natural part of human development.
• Learning cursive requires intensive lessons, often frustrating students, teachers, and parents.
• Cursive requires frequent practice, and skills are easily forgotten if not used regularly.
• Time spent learning cursive could be better spent learning typing and other computer skills.
• Cursive originated in Renaissance Italy when people wrote with quills.
• Cursive allowed the quill to stay on the paper and glide through letter formation, preventing damage and ink splatters.
• Pens made writing individual letters quickly and cleanly easier.
• Typing is even more efficient and clean than writing with pens.
• Cursive is an outdated method of communication.
• Official documents that founded the United States were penned in cursive, creating historic ties.
• There is no reason to bore students with learning cursive, as these documents can be translated into typed copies.
• Technology advancements provide easier ways of communicating, therefore time for cursive has passed.

Cursive handwriting is becoming obsolete due to technology and inefficient use of student's time. With e-signatures gaining traction and most signatures already illegible, the need for cursive is diminishing. The time it takes to learn cursive is better spent on modern computer skills.