RASCOE: Well, thank you, Ayan. Cursive was once something everyone learned. That changed as society became more computer-driven, leading many schools in the U.S. to drop it from the curriculum.

The article about the loss of writing thank-you notes discusses another lost art. During COVID, I wrote letters to my grandchildren several times a week, in print form, not in cursive.

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She can sign her name in cursive, but outside of us making her write thank-you notes and address envelopes, she’s not used it consistently either. And when I ask her to, it’s a chore. “Ugh. Mom.

And though I still write that way, thank you very much, I haven't used script since elementary school. I type, I Twitter, I Facebook and IM. I e-mail co-workers who sit feet from my desk, and text ...

Though mostly relegated to thank-yous to grandma, cursive writing not extinct, ... “It takes less time to write in cursive. You don’t have to lift your pencil,” Principal Chris Nelson said.

Historically, cursive writing was a necessary skill. The ability to write quickly and legibly was essential for notetaking, personal correspondence, and even completing standardized forms.

If you had any trouble, don’t despair. The death of cursive has not been exaggerated. And if writing all of your office memos by hand for a day feels too daunting, I have a tip: If you’re on a ...