Wait a minute...

The Washington Post has this to say today about the inability of many students to write in cursive:

Many educators shrug. Stacked up against teaching technology, foreign languages and the material on standardized tests, penmanship instruction seems a relic, teachers across the region say. But academics who specialize in writing acquisition argue that it's important cognitively, pointing to research that shows children without proficient handwriting skills produce simpler, shorter compositions, from the earliest grades.

Wait.  So those people who don't have cursive produce shorter, simpler essays?  And that's bad?  I say, no cursive in schools!  Who's with me?!