How did cursive become basically a requirement for schools?

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I would assume maybe it because of history and school system being shitty.

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Answer 1

When you are writing with a quill or a fountain pen writing in cursive is cleaner. Cursive also allows you to write faster. Both of which were useful throughout history. In modernity with modern pens and pencils and the fact that many things are no longer hand written it has become a relic of tradition. Though it is useful for historians in actually reading older documents.