What was the point of learning cursive in school?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

I remember thinking this same thing when I was in like the 9th grade. The funny thing is our teachers back in middle school were telling us how high school and college classes would make us write in cursive. It never happened lol.

Today i don't know a single person other than the occasional old person who still writes in cursive. Other than writing my name, I don't write anything in cursive. Haven't since about 8th grade lol.

Lol. Other threats I remembered.

- 3rd Grade, you'll be writing everything in pen next year, except for math.

- 4th Grade, you're not going to be allowed to use calculators at all next year

- 8th Grade, when you get to high school teachers won't tolerate tardiness. Your classes might be all the way on the other end of the school and they won't care.

- Senior Year, When you get to college you're going to have to study 3 hours for every hour you're in class. I'm sorry but no one does that. There are people that study a lot but no one goes to class 15 or 18 hours a week and then studies for 45 to 54 hours outside of class during that same week. Except for people that are literally addicted to studying and academics.

3 hours of studying for each hour of class to do well? - College Confidential

Also teachers "lock the door right after class starts" so people who are late are forced to miss class. I didn't have a single teacher that did that.