random poll

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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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[forthwritten.livejournal.com]

I was writing cursive with a fountain pen by the time I was nine or ten.

I went to an all-girls Catholic convent school in the UK which, in retrospect, was very much about challenging gendered learning. We rotated through different modules as part of a "Technology" class that involved Resistant Materials (woodwork/metalwork), IT, Graphics, Food Tech, Textiles and a bit of electronics thrown in. I remember programming in BASIC, soldering circuit boards and sawing stuff. The Textiles and Food Tech components were less useful, and I learnt nearly all my useful cooking from my mum.