Chris Kobara joins cursive club to practise signing his name
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Updated · The New York Times · May 11
Chris Kobara joins cursive club to practise signing his name
4 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 11
At Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine in New York City, the 18-year-old was among six seniors meeting after school with English teacher Suzanne Finman.
Students filled sheets with their names and compared flourishes, while Kobara practised linking the letters “a” and “r” on an electronic whiteboard.
The club reflects a wider trend of schools and libraries across the United States creating extracurricular groups where children learn and practise cursive writing.
As schools mandate cursive again, will the pen prove mightier than the keyboard for developing young minds?
With states reviving cursive instruction, is it a crucial skill for the digital age or just nostalgia?