I was educated on an another language with very few exceptions in elementary school. Spelling was not even a skill as it is very normal; you hear it and write it. So cursive writing wasn't a luxury.

But now my 8-year old is going through 2nd grade in US. I can tell you that teachers in English language have a lot burden to deal with before cursive. We stopped questioning why a word is read that way.

Kids are not left with enough buffer especially these days with all these distractions from screen time.

doing good, thank you for asking. Adjusting to #nostr. Very good people and conversations here. How about you?