Cursive Should Be Taught

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This essay is about wether or not you should be taught cursive as a required part of the curriculum.I believe that you should be taught cursive, and I will give my reasoning for this in the following paragraph. One of my reasons for believing that cursive should be taught is that it helps individuals remember better. Another reason I believe that cursive should be taught is that it helps people with brain injury. Now i will explain my reasons in more detail for you. The reason i agree with teaching cursive, is that it helps students and people in general to remember things better than typing.In the article "Cursive Is a powerful Brain Tool" psychologists found students learned more if tehy handwrote notes instead of typing them. They believe

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