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Cursive writing is introduced in second grade about halfway through the school year and reinforced in higher grades. Rost uses a chapter book, “Muggie Maggie,” to introduce the skill.

After elementary school, kids get little practice, and the art is lost. He notes, "For several years, we conducted the National Handwriting Contest, and it focused on cursive handwriting specifically.

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The statewide shift means students across Georgia will now practice cursive as part of their regular coursework.

For several afternoons this summer, she had them practice D'Nealian — a form of printing said to be a precursor to cursive. "I would love to see an emphasis on pretty handwriting again," she said.

Freya said, to her, cursive is a form of art, and it shows. "I practice a lot of drawing, so my artistic abilities come through for handwriting and writing," said Freya.

But I knew script, I used it throughout high school, and I shifted away from it during the time when I was writing most. My experience with fountain pens suggests a new answer.

While many people say that cursive writing is faster than printing because the writer doesn’t have to lift his or her pencil from the paper, the research bears that out to be only minimally true.