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It's not the first time a Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation that would mandate that cursive be taught in elementary schools.

"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

Handwriting (symbols) was first used in 3100 BC for list making. It was a counting of beer rations for workers.

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And the advances continued as written languages were developed around the world, alphabets ... learning and writing our letters. When I was in school, we learned cursive around 3 rd grade; after ...

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A student at Orangethorpe Elementary School practices writing cursive as California grade school students are being required to learn cursive handwriting this year, in Fullerton, California ...

A student at Orangethorpe Elementary School practices writing cursive as California grade school students are being required to learn cursive handwriting this year, in Fullerton, California, U.S.

Though sometimes the oldest writing is the easiest to read, said Cantrell. “If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams) and his responses, the cursive is an art ...

Also read: Is cursive a dying art? If passed, it would mandate that cursive writing is taught in all Maine elementary schools. Underwood says he was approached by a constituent with the proposal ...