Cursive Writing On Endangered List
The loops and curls of cursive handwriting have all but vanished from college essay exam blue 
books. On
rare occasions when college students write by hand, nearly all of them
use what educators call manuscript form, which is to say, they print. Cursive
writing is endangered and may near extinction in another generation,
educators say. With the rise of word processing, texting and twittering,
young people have fewer needs to write by hand. Cursive is on its way to becoming an artifact for calligraphers/Bill Graves, Oregonian. More here.
DFO: Bill Graves was a reporter for the Coeur d'Alene Press in the late 1970s early 1980s when SR columnist Doug Clark was managing editor.
Question: Do you have good handwriting? And/or: Do you regret that cursive is going the way of the dinosaur among college students?
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