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    Before losing the licensing of the name Hickey Freeman, manufacturing of the suits was moved to a Samuelsohn factory in Canada. They now manufacture suits after the old Hickey Freeman line under the name "Samuelsohn Heritage Gold." You might check with a Samuelsohn Heritage Gold dealer about...
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    You would think, right? I have been a member for awhile and spend my time here just soaking up information. Imagine my surprise when I decided to look at this particular forum on the last page and saw cursive being discussed.
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    The Official-ish DC Thread

    CollingsD2H, I just realized you might have meant "(Bill Gates and Common Core) did that?!" Yes, Bill Gates has promoted the paperless office and the uselessness of cursive. When the standards for Common Core were hashed out circa 2009, cursive was seen as not just old-fashioned, but obsolete...
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    I am a middle school English Language Arts teacher. When I realized my students couldn't read or write in cursive, I began teaching it. Five minutes a day to start the class. Then I was told I could not teach cursive. Nada. No. Badbadbadbadbad. But then, a couple of years ago, I was told cursive...
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    After being banished by Bill Gates and Common Core, cursive is returning to the classroom. College-level instructors in Social Studies and Language Studies are unhappy their students cannot read source documents because 95% of writing before 1920 is in cursive.

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