America meets Rachel Jantell

Neither Rachel Jantell, a star witness in the George Zimmerman Trial, nor my seventeen year old grand-son can  read or write cursive.

Cursive, also known as script, joined-up writing, joint writing, running writing, or handwriting is any style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined and/or flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster.
Read more at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive

I learned a few years back cursive writing was taken out of the school curricular but little did  I know its absence would be one more weapon that could be used to label a person illiterate.

Is Cursive Dead?
Excerpt:
The new Common Core State Standards, a set of national benchmarks for American public schools, do not require students to learn cursive. As a result, states and districts are grappling with whether to teach this skill.
Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schools-require-children-to-learn-cursive

As always,
BB