My grandson was working on his cursive writing last night, as part of his homework. I was happy to see it. Growing up in the 1960s, it was mandatory to learn cursive writing. I remember teachers being strict about this also. I think there are 21 states that have mandatory cursive writing in school now. If you take a whole classroom of kids, and teach them cursive writing, this is one thing that makes each kid different from the next. It's they're own style , and, no two are exactly the same. My mom had really good penmanship, and got compliments on this many times. My own is fair, and passable. Were you taught penmanship in school? Do you use it very often now? It's a skill, and like any skill takes some practice to learn.