I've noticed lately that my handwriting has taken a treacherous turn for the worse. Not to the point of illegible, but I wouldn't get an "A" in any handwriting class. As a youngster, I took pride in my script. I took my time. I added flair with curls. I dotted each "I" with a circle because I thought it looked cool. Now those decorations seem silly, but at least you could read it. Advancing to cursive in the third grade was a rite of passage. Print was for babies. Before I learned cursive, I wou