1. 'They further argue that scholars of the future will lose the ability to interpret valuable cultural resources—historical documents, ancestors' letters and journals, handwritten scholarship—if they can't read cursive. '
The same way scholars of the present deal with documents from the Medieval period and earlier, even though there were substantial differences in script. If scholars can translate Carolingian Miniscule (or even relatively modern German Blackletter), I figure they'll be able to work on letters of the mid-19th Century.
2. 'If they can't write it, how will they communicate from unwired settings like summer camp or the battlefield?'
I've used printing (non-cursive) since I was able to get away with it. Cursive is not the only way to communicate in a non-wired environment, really.
3. '"The Constitution of the United States is written in cursive. Think about that," Bateman said.'
Really? They also used those tall f-like characters for "s", too — should we return to that, as well?
Yeesh.
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Should students learn cursive? Some states say yes
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep cursive writing in American classrooms.