Cursive Writing Obsolete?

I'm addicted to the Love It or Hate It Sessions on KLTV...probably because I have to put my two cents in on everything.

"Is Cursive Writing a Dead Art" Article on KLTV.com

As a person that writes cursive on practically everything, I'm pretty biased about whether it is still useful in this so called "computer era".  I'm not one of those people that claim to want to keep cursive in schools because it's 'pretty' or 'beautiful to look at'.  Please.  I know everything around us is controlled by computers.  I get that; and, frankly, I'm so addicted to my iPod and Android phone that I have no place to argue.  However, when I'm writing out letters to friends, my grocery list, or even jotting information down from callers at work, I don't consult my computer to do it for me or make my phone do the writing for me.

Schools argue that assignments are done on the computer and less activites are done with paper and pen.  While this is great for the environment, it does not substitute to the fact that people still have to write on old fashioned paper.  Therefore in learning how to write, you still need to learn good handwriting skills.  I'm not stupid either; I know that over half the kids in school will not use cursive once the teacher stops making them.  But does that mean schools stop teaching proper English just because kids will not use it after they graduate?  Or maybe they should stop teaching the inner working of plant biology because, let's face it, I don't even remember that stuff.

To take out cursive handwriting lessons because it is seen as a 'dead art' and worthless in our technology age is like telling the public we're going to stop teaching basic math skills because a calculator can do it for you.

Let's not dumb down the next generation.  Stop making it easier and easier to just pass through school.  A little hard work and, sorry to say it, useless lessons will do a student some good.  Real life is full of things you don't give a damn about but that you will sure as hell learn it. 

Like the temperature to cook fries at the McDonald's grill....