Well, I suppose it had to happen. I'm still left shaking my head a bit.
From Time.com:
Typing Beats Scribbling: Indiana Schools Can Stop Teaching Cursive
Who still writes in cursive?
That age-old writing method you might never have used since fourth grade will no longer be taught in Indiana schools come fall, thanks to a memo from school officials. Instead, students will be expected to become proficient in keyboard use.
Seems like a smart move as being able to type efficiently is a vital skill in today's world, as opposed to knowing how to write cursive, which — like being able to churn butter and knowing how to hitch a horse to a wagon — is no longer needed.
Click here to read the whole article.
The best part of the article is the idle speculation about how future students will learn to sign their names. Personally, I figure we'll transition to some form of biometrics (retina scan, finger print, etc) by then, leading to a whole new class of crime, known as "Identity Dismemberment".
The comment section stopped me cold.
"Rocky" won the annual "BEST INTERNET COMMENT EVER" contest with:
"Ha! A secret language for us old people that the entitled little punks won't be able to read.
Muahahahahahhaha!"
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Signing your name to a document...that was my question too. But, I'd say 80% of the signatures I've seen in my lines of work don't in any way represent the letters in that person's name, so a scribble will have to do.
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