 Now, we could also talk about writing skills and ask the question, when's the last time you saw a kid writing in cursive? And there are some schools, it comes as a shock as many to discover that we're not even teaching how to write in cursive any longer. So why does any of this matter? Well, it doesn't matter just because it's an old-fashioned ideal or that there's some eternal benefit from learning to write cursive as opposed to just printing block letters. It's not like that, and it's not truly a part of a culture war.