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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[strollerman.livejournal.com]

I hated kindergarten mostly because of the following:
1) While I understood the concept of sharing, it mostly didn't make sense. Case in point, why share the few legos I have when there's a whole tub next to me.
2) Being ambidextrous was "showing off".
3) Being able to write in cursive with both hands was "showing off".
4) Being able to understand algebra was "showing off".
5) My only friend was the drooling special kid (I know it's shallow, but I was 5).

I grew up as unmedicated ADHD, and that was really only a problem in terms of keeping me still. I enjoyed the teachers that could harness my thirst for knowledge, and hated the rest.

While being able to touch-type, I took typing in eighth grade for an easy A and was bumped to the advanced class. 108WPM then, about 75 on a good day now.

Learned to sew in art class, around fifth grade.

By the time I reached HS, driving class had been gone for about twenty years. I wasn't into the metal/wood shops. Electronics was introduced in seventh grade. I attended public school, but was in a gifted program from third grade until graduation.