Not teaching handwriting doesn't mean no handwriting. It would just decrease the emphasis. Besides, I'd rather see touch typing classes from a young age. Why no

Not teaching handwriting doesn't mean no handwriting. It would just decrease the emphasis. Besides, I'd rather see touch typing classes from a young age. Why not simply replace one with the the other? Just as typing is often learned with no formal education, so would handwriting be. Just invert the emphasis. Even then, by the end of our lives if not sooner, speech recognition (and without overt vocalization) will probably make typing obsolete.