Cursive is good for some people because arthritis, but most people do not use cursive aside from their signature.

I spent a good chunk of 1st and 2nd grade learning it so I can read it but it really did not teach me anything. It’s not like learning a new way of thinking, it’s just muscle memory and practice.

I’m not saying learning how to write is a waste of time, I write alot and while its typing now, I definitely needed to learn to use a pencil. But cursive is like learning how to type on a Devorak(?) keyboard

I think removing everything that kids have a bit of a hard time trying to grasp just teaches kids to give up if anything isn’t immediately apparent. Its not as much of a waste of time as cursive, and it’s to be taught to think in another way.

I think that kids “learning how to learn” is really important, especially with how these AI models are stunting like a whole generation of people.

This is minor, but I also think less things need electronic displays/components that are hard to recycle and increase dependency on exploiting X country for Y resource. Its also cool to just be able to build a physical mechanism which digital clocks have no real feasible option to do