I was born in the early 80s. When I was in school- maybe in second or third grade, they told us we were learning cursive and we had to use it for the rest of ou

I was born in the early 80s. When I was in school- maybe in second or third grade, they told us we were learning cursive and we had to use it for the rest of our lives. This was untrue, I never learned cursive well and never really used it. I even remember a teacher in sixth grade remarking at one point that one thing she doesn't approve of is the fact elementary school teachers lie to kids about needing to use cursive from then on when teaching cursive. I do recall one weirdo typing teacher in middle school who didn't realize the "need to use cursive the rest of your lives" rule wasn't a real rule and was scolding some kids for turning in material in handwriting, but I think that was literally the only time it happened, ever. (I don't recall why a typing class had a handwriting component, I think she probably usually never received written material from kids and was greatly confused as to why it wasn't in cursive on that special occasion, maybe she was filling in for another teacher?) I've always struggled with cursive (Reading cursive, that is, I only use it to sign my name) and have never bothered to learn it from a book- I've read Gen Z may never have learned it or may be bad at it- so I may have been ahead of my time.