At age 8 you can really only do so much rational thinking and critical reasoning for 7 hours in a row. May as well do something redundant but overall useful than say watch movies or do "nothing".
Also cursive (as well as practicing any sort of handwriting) will lead to being able to write easier and more fluent, which will help studies present their ideas more clearer.
Maybe the time and effort spent learning cursive could be better used for something useful, like rational thinking and critical reasoning?
At age 8 you can really only do so much rational thinking and critical reasoning for 7 hours in a row. May as well do something redundant but overall useful than say watch movies or do "nothing".
Also cursive (as well as practicing any sort of handwriting) will lead to being able to write easier and more fluent, which will help studies present their ideas more clearer.