I know that feeling. I'm still struggling with it and it has kept me confined to very few things for ages.
The Inverse Power of Praise (2007)
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In what year were you born? I've heard there was a cut-off at some point in the late 90s where they stopped teaching it. Whenever it was, it was after I was in school. ;)
Still taught in montessori schools as a tool for the development of fine motor control. Education in Montessori is literally hands-on for everything, as they feel the hand is the instrument of human intelligence. So for them it's like practicing a musical instrument or learning to draw. But it appears also that kids who were taught cursive express more complex ideas in their writing later on - http://www.psychologyto…
Previous to your comment, my experience with Montessori schools was limited to hearing of people sending their kids to them. Now I wish I'd gone to one. :)