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I write in cursive, and I like it, but I don't think it's important enough to teach in school. There are modern skills we should add to the curriculum; removing non-essential subjects is the only way to make room for new ones.

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For what it's worth, the amount of time spent teaching standard cursive is pretty small for kids with decent motor control. If they present it then move on (don't require things be written this way) then I think it can stay in.

Though I suppose it is not essential.

Exactly. Kids spend less time being taught cursive than they do attending music class in primary school. Far less. It's a pretty useful skill so I think it's certainly worthy of that basic investment.

> pretty useful skill

Why is it a pretty useful skill?

Good. Music is far more useful. You can use music skills to play music, which people like to listen to.

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