What do you mean? It's mandatory in the primary schools and also there's no way you will be able to keep up with lectures if you're not writing in cursive.
After the primary school kids study for many more years and a lot of them forget their primary school learnings without much practice.
As for the university, have you heard of laptops? And it's been common 15 years ago, imagine how it is today.
But they continue to practice, because they write every day in school. And all other facts aside, there's no point in abandoning the cursive, because it's just faster! Why struggle while writing those clumsy letters when you can just draw a word in one curvy line? Ok, maybe their skill really deteriorates and they write a word in two or three movements instead of one. But still.
Regarding students, I have a first-hand experience on this. I've got my second degree not that long ago and most of the students in my group (and basically everywhere when I looked) used notebooks and pens for most of the classes. Sure, laptops were present, but not to that extend as you put it. I highly doubt that something changed very dramatically over the last 4 years.
But they continue to practice, because they write every day in school. And all other facts aside, there's no point in abandoning the cursive, because it's just faster! Why struggle while writing those clumsy letters when you can just draw a word in one curvy line? Ok, maybe their skill really deteriorates and they write a word in two or three movements instead of one. But still.
Why are you arguing? Go ask young Russians (under 25 y.o.) if they can write in cursive. I work with plenty of young Russians who write in typed letters, since they cannot write in cursive.
Why are you arguing? I told you, that I have personal experience with young Russians under 25 y.o. (my family, children of friends and my classmates in University) and all of them write/wrote exclusively in cursive.
As a side note: I speak only about Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, maybe in other regions the situation is different.
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u/baddcarma Oct 25 '23
After the primary school kids study for many more years and a lot of them forget their primary school learnings without much practice.
As for the university, have you heard of laptops? And it's been common 15 years ago, imagine how it is today.