Many schools just don’t teach cursive handwriting any more.
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Yesterday, we posted about how Johnny can’t write. That was in a macro sense: he can’t construct a compelling, logical argument since that skill is decreasingly taught and practiced in schools these days.
Today, let’s dive down to the literal level.
I was taken aback when a friend casually mentioned to me that his grandson – a freshman in college – “couldn’t even sign his name”.
I initially thought that the kid might have a learning disability, a physical handicap or was – for some weird reason – banned from signing legal documents.
Nope, the reason was more straightforward and pervasive than that…