Lakewood Ranch’s Mark Eubanks, a sixth grader at Dan R. Nolan Middle, has memorized how to write his signature in cursive. He uses it a good amount now that he is in middle school.
But his signature is the only thing he is confident in writing in cursive. As for reading, he said it is difficult, but he can usually get through it.
“When we were learning cursive (at Willis Elementary School), we learned the alphabet and sentences, but it always felt like it was a little bit rushed and put off to the side,” Eubanks said. “It was mainly a focus in third and fourth grade, and from then on, it really wasn’t taught at all.”…