Had similar experiences in Hungary. Cursive style enforced throughout grades 1-4, with a strictly defined stroke order for each letter. Even for numbers. The bottom stroke in 2 is crooked, as well as the top stroke in 7, and God forbid you leave out the line through the middle.
Even when I was in high school, one of my classmates once lost points on a test because he wrote his name in all capitals but dared put a dot on the letter i.
Even when I was in high school, one of my classmates once lost points on a test because he wrote his name in all capitals but dared put a dot on the letter i.