Making unnecessary skills mandatory is unreasonable

The inclination to enforce an outdated practice like cursive is a mere reaction against the progression of newer skills in the digital age. Typing practice would be a far better use of resources to prepare children for the rest of their academic careers and to enter the workforce with appropriate experience.^[1] Cursive is also harder for many students to learn, so the value in teaching an antiquated skill is further diminished by the fact that it creates an unequal playing ground for kids.^[2] Any skills that cursive provides do not translate to typing or digital practices, so the transference of knowledge between modern and outdated forms is extremely limited--and typing is simply more efficient.^[3] There is already so much information children fail to learn in school. Cutting out inessential elements like cursive should be an encouraging step in the right direction for fixing our education systems, rather than insisting on obsolete practices for the sake of maintaining an elitist standard.^[4]