(CNN) — A glance at teen stars Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber’s letters to their younger selves makes one thing clear: their handwriting is terrible. In the letters, part of the Habbo Celebrity “Advice to My Teenage Self” book, the content is messy and their cursive signatures are barely legible.
The handwriting of today’s teen stars “is so atrocious, it’s talked about and recognized through the industry,” says Justin King, a Toronto-based paparazzi for Flynet Pictures and independent autograph seller.
It’s just not the teen stars who can’t write properly. Most states don’t require children to learn cursive writing anymore. Some 46 states have adopted the Common Core Standards, a set of educational guidelines that do not require cursive writing as part of a school’s curriculum.
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