> The whole point of cursive to me is that you do not take your pen off the paper, so the way to join letters is built in. This is both correct in the way you

> The whole point of cursive to me is that you do not take your pen off the paper, so the way to join letters is built in. This is both correct in the way you word it here, and, incorrect regarding your interpretation. The connection between letters in cursive is context-dependent. A “b” followed by an “a” or an “o” will likely have variations since it improves the readability of what you write. Similarly there are times where you might not want to keep the pen on the paper between letters within a word, which doesn’t break the “rules” of cursive. You may have been taught differently and maybe your teachings were correct. I’m not aware of any form of cursive where connections are not supposed to be context-dependent though.