Originally posted by Mr Bassie Cursive writing is still taught in Waldorf Schools. My daughter started learning it in 4th grade.
Perhaps I should say
some elementary schools.
In my area wealthier suburban districts still do - urban and poorer don't any more. I attended a Country Day school which was a movement 100+ years ago but which has now devolved into just a rich, private preparatory and politically-formative abomination. We live in a pastoral semi-rural community tucked away within the urban landscape (12 miles from the city center), stay pretty much within it, and sent our children to the heterogeneous public schools. Not quite Waldorf, but they received by intention a similar outcome. Of course that was pushing 20 years ago and much has changed since.
I should also note that Walgreen's still sells and develops C-41 Process Kodak film and there are plenty of places to get color film developed locally. We can still mail away B&W Tri-X and TMAX for developing and printing, but no one does traditional 4x6 monochrome prints any more except the artist labs - and they're pretty busy doing pro stuff so they often simply can't take the time.
The smart ones are buying up the machines whenever a Walgreen's, Walmart or Costco stops printing film. It's a 30 minute drive, so it's also a lunch and gallery tour - kind of an entire Saturday (two of them actually).
Last edited by monochrome; 12-21-2013 at 04:07 PM.