"I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.'" David Foster WallaceI do not think I am personally different from many others posting. I spent a lot of time at the public library myself, and a fantasy of mine when I was a kid was a Twilight Zone-type end of the world scenario where I was left with all of the books of the world and time to read them. Certainly not taken as one!Bless you for that, Good Sir. And your point about "I want you to be exposed to it, so if in the future some reference comes up, you can at least be apart of the conversation." is well-taken."Fiction's about what it is to be a human being." David Foster WallaceI am immensely happy that I had the privilege of an extensive liberal arts education. I would want my leaders and folks like judges, and, I suppose, titans of industry, to have similar to draw on. There is no doubt in my mind that it "helps one think" and provides context. But I do not see how in 2017 we are going to be providing this kind of education for everyone through the public schools. Kids today, including my own, unfortunately, do not even get the "luxury" of such an education at the universities.Again, I am not opposed to everyone learning a fast and legible handwriting system. I am opposed to trying to force kids to learn the loops and frills of things like Palmer method, which I personally an convinced serve no purpose whatever, unless decorative. Seems to me that the question of whether or not "cursive" should continue to be talk in the schools is a red herring.And I am utterly opposed to trying to force kids to try to master something, not because it is useful in and of itself, but because it helps their brains develop somehow. Their is lots kids can be learning that would serve that function, while teaching them something substantive that is useful in life.Anyway, Kate Gladstone says it a lot better than I can. See Kate Gladstone's Handwriting Repair FAQ Just my more than two cents, of course. I could be wrong.