printing is slower, cursive is faster, once learned. But I guess
i can see maybe teaching touch typing BEFORE cursive (like,
teach cursive in 7th grade and typing in 3rd grade) that would
make sense nowadays. I guess I can see it being made optional -
still, it seems strange - maybe it takes too long to learn
cursive when math/science could get priorities... be curious to
find out the reasons. "