The National Archive has lots of old documents written in cursive that they need volunteers to transcribe, since apparently the ability to read cursive is now a rare superpower.
Apparently a majority of schools these days don't even teach cursive anymore. I find this annoying. People should at least know how to read cursive even if they're never taught to write it.
And if the archive can't find staff to read this stuff, they should pay for new staff that actually can.
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