I often apologize to people about my messy writing.  In fact, long ago, I determined that it could basically write in code if I just, well, wrote.  It seems like good penmanship (penwomanship?), is going the way of the dodo, according to a recent Associated Press article, “Cursive writing may be a fading skill, but so what?”  My own handwriting may well beg the question as to whether or not the education system ever taught writing past the third grade, but is this a skill that children need to prove their good character in the future?  Does handwriting only matter when we are without electricity or a decent charge in our laptop or our cellphone (or other texting device)?