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]

Comments

[virginia-fell.livejournal.com]

My teachers told me in grade school that high school teachers didn't accept papers if they were written in pencil, or if they were in script rather than cursive.

So yeah. We learned cursive, because we were told the alternative basically was to fail at everything forever.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

What does "script rather than cursive" mean?

[virginia-fell.livejournal.com]

Printing. In retrospect I have no idea why I said "script." o_O

[trinker.livejournal.com]

No worries. At least it makes sense now!