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In the UK, not everybody gets taught to leave the pen on the paper from beginning to end of the word. In the USA, just about everybody gets taught (at age 7 or 8) to do this. Pedagogically/theoretically (apart from the still-few people teaching Italic), the USA has a "Grand Canyon" in its...

Re: "I was always taught the pen _never_ leaves the paper before you've finished the word." That habit characterizes much school instruction in handwriting. However, according to the Berninger/Graham research (and other evidence - providable on request), the habit in question does *not*...

Re: "... “writing in-script” ... " In USA English, when we say "script [handwriting]" we mean the sme thing that we mean by "cursive [handwriting]" - but I have heard people from the UK use "script [handwriting]" to mean what the USA means by "print [handwriting]." Re: "in Russia, Ukraine...

As a handwriting instruction and remediation specialist, I never teach "cursive" except by (rare) specific request. Normally, I teach what I use and advocate: the print-like (plain, loop-free letters), semi-joined, calligraphic-looking rapid-handwriting style called "Italic" which Steve Jobs...