random poll

[rm]

Super busy. Am suddenly curious about this. Apparently most kids entering college in the US this year don't know how to write in cursive. I suspect this is less a sign of the apocalypse than it feels like to me.

So, tell me things (as usual, poll is un-scientific and reflects my biases and experiences (and 49-year-olds can choose which age category they like better!) -- if the boxes don't work, my apologies and comments super welcome.):

[Poll #1607173]

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[juniperus.livejournal.com]

(driving was taught through the school system but it was done in the summer, so I didn't include it as 'regular class time')

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Same here, either in summer or as a weekend activity. It wasn't part of regular classroom instruction.

I wouldn't say that I *learned* cooking in class, though. It was Scouts and AYH bike trips that did it for me, although as part of 7th and 8th grade Home Ec class we had cooking and sewing, across the board, regardless of gender.

This was out on Long Island in the mid-1970s

[juniperus.livejournal.com]

Our home ec in middle school (this would have been early 80s, in my case) was a sewing/cooking split, as was woodworking/metalworking, and everyone took them regardless of gender. I think I learned as much (if not more) about all of these (except metalworking) outside of class helping with whaatever needed help with at home/grandparents' house.

High school had typing and word processing (Word Star!) as a combined class that had both genders as students (the class was separate from computers, which involved endless programming in Basic). (Michigan, Detroit-area)

[trinker.livejournal.com]

What's AYH?

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

It's what they were calling Hostelling International-USA back in the 70's. They use to run bike trips, of which I took 3 back when I was a teen!

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks. I had no idea they ran anything like that.