as handwriting teacher jan olson points out there are plenty of reasons to keep cursive around. >> cursive is the fluid style of writing. the connections makes the letters flow together and it is actually faster for students to write and get their thoughts down on paper. >> stephen: yes, it is so much faster. i mean look how quickly that child wrote a-r. she-- think about it. that was like-- 11 seconds. and now she's almost a third of the way through arduous. (laughter) plus as master penman michael sull explains cursive connects kid to our nation's history saying they won't be able to read the constitution, the declaration of independence or anything written during the civil war. great, now those national treasure movies won't make any sense. so keep up the good work, campaign for cursive. and be totally independent, impartial and completely objective group behind the campaign, the american handwriting analysis foundation whose logo, as you can see, is not in cursive. looks like they've already lost, folks. the handwriting's on the wall. and no one can read it. next up on the tip wag, wag

should learn cursive.nists why this should be. you know what this is, greg? the constitution of the united states of america. the greatest document ever written by human hands. you know what it is written in? >> cursive. >> if it was good enough for the founding fathers it is good enough for knee dam it it is good enough for school children. >> print it and laminate it and wear it as a pin. >> i thought about doing that very thing, greg. i decided i am not a tool. >> jaime, we are falling behind compared to other countries with names i can't recall. but we are falling behind those countries because i hear about it a lot on this very station. they are countries like that one and the other one, the big one, the big scary one over there, that one especially where the guys look funny. what do you make of this? >> recess is a more important than cursive class. we pr not leading international tests in math and science. maybe after we are sufficiently teaching the kids math and science we can discuss cursive. my

>> cur vive. >> cursive, greg.for the founding fathers then it is good enough for me then damn it it is good enough for school children. >> you should print that and laminate it and wear it as a pin. >> i have thought about that and then i decided i am not a tool. >> jaime -- >> such a patriot. >> we are falling behind compared to other countries with names i can't recall. but we are falling behind those countries nonetheless because i hear about it a lot on this very station. they are countries like that one and the other one and the big one and the big scary one over there, that one especially with the guys who look funny. what do you make of this? >> recess is a more important class than cursive class. we are not leading the international tests into math and science. maybe after we get sufficiently teaching the students math and science then we can discuss cursive. my favorite part of the story says some educators question whether cursive is necessary. some? who is actually thinking that cursive is necessary? it

. 80 years old american born 30 years of public schooling in miami and cannot read cursive at that point the the jury switched from homicidal too sympathetic and the defense attorney caught it immediately to not pursue it too far. but it added one new phrase into jurisprudence that may at last the memory of either that was the phrase creepy ass crcker what the trayvon martin say when he first saw george zimmerman? she was on the phone she said he was a creepy ass crcker this was mistaken by the defense attorney that he may have spent a rapist. they thought the dash rack between creepy ass cracker but apparently with urban slang i looked this up what she really said was ss cracker and can't that is a slang for homosexual later she said that openly the media did not pursue that but it could have spent gay bashing. to but if not that as the defense attorneys said who i'd like said it was trayvon martin to injected race into the discussion not george zimmerman she said no it was not racial. she was probably thinking this is not racist it is the gate, that. competing him but because he is whi