French Handwriting

When I took French in school, I remember asking my teacher if their handwriting was much different than Americans.  She pulled out a postcard she had from friends in France, and it was amazing to me how different their penmanship looked.

With such a rigid school system, handwriting is still an art form to master in grammer school.  I remember practicing cursive in elementary school, and even though I hated it, how I wish I was forced to have such beautiful script....