“I hate cursive. We learned it in third grade, and we never ever use it,” said senior Samantha Hartmann. The debate over removing cursive handwriting from school curriculum has been going on for quite some time. According to a survey done by Vanderbilt University in 2007, cursive is still taught across the United States in elementary schools, however, many young people feel the skill is “useless” or “a waste of time.”

Cursive writing, which, some may find a difficult skill to perfect, teaches much more than penmanship. The process has been shown to help students learn how to connect ideas and thoughts in a more succinct fashion. On the penmanship side, cursive also teaches children a swifter way to write. However, high schools no longer require students to write in cursive, much less by hand at all. The technology age has changed standards of writing, and only time will tell whether or not cursive will remain prevalent.

Andrea Conover is the News Editor for The Spartan Speaks.