Finland is one of the first countries to stop making cursive handwriting classes compulsory, but the change is part of a global move away from handwritten documents towards digital communication.
While purists mourn the loss of personality and the “human touch”, some neuroscientists stress the importance of cursive handwriting for improving brain development, motor skills, self-control and even dyslexia.
French education officials took heed of these findings and reintroduced cursive writing classes in 2000 after a brief hiatus but in Finland, there’s been little response to the proposed scrapping.
While accepting that Finnish teens will miss out on the romance of a hand-penned love letter (“kids use their smartphones for these nowadays”)...
From Guardian (Signing off: Finnish schools phase out handwriting classes)
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