Cursive is not dead yet texas shows the way to resuscitation. Posted apr 14 2019. Can You Read This Or Is Cursive Dead Yet Lingua Franca I however love cursive am able to read it well and write in a mismash of both print and cursive. Is cursive dead . A very small number of adults write in cursive on a daily basis while 78 percent of americans own a personal computer or laptop according to the 2015 u s. My peers for the most part can t read my handwriting because it s in cursive. Cursive should be allowed to die. It seems more like it s dying out my generation and may very well be dead soon. The common core standards no longer required teaching it and people didn t seem to mind. In fact it s already dying despite having been taught for decades morgan polikoff assistant professor of education at the university of southern california s. Cursive should be allowed to die. However cursive has displayed a gritty staying power. Cursive writing was supposed to be dead by ...