I'm in the U.S. and I learned cursive about that age. I'm 30 now, and the only thing I write in cursive these days is my signature (which for the record looks awful). I'm fairly certain cursive is no longer taught in public schools in my area.
Schools stopped teaching it (even many “good” schools). People largely don’t use it except for signatures.
I personally switched to block letters a long time ago because I can’t read my own cursive when I am writing quickly. My penmanship sucks.
Wow. Do kids not have hand written assignments anymore? I can't even imagine having to write out, say a 5 page essay, in block letters by hand.
People in my generation find cursive illegible and clumsy, but with practice writing block letters can be plenty fast.
Both went to good Catholic schools in the Midwest. Neither had to learn cursive.
They say that they haven’t hand written assignments for many years. My niece, a university student, doesn't even know what “blue books” are.
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