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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[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

We learned cursive in second grade. I never really used it that much, though. I went to two schools for elementary school and one for jr high and high school and none of them ever graded for penmanship.

I also marked that I learned typing, sewing, and cooking in school, but I meant more that I took the classes rather than that that was where I learned them.

In my sixth grade class, we had typing like once a week for a while (not the whole school year, I don't think), but I know I had turned in some typed reports before that, so I didn't learn it then.

In 7th grade, we had home ec. It was nominally an elective, but there weren't any other electives available for 7th graders, so there was no other choice. We had one semester of cooking and one of sewing. I already knew how to cook, so I didn't actually learn anything there, and the sewing part we didn't actually sew. For part of the semester we did cross stitch and for the other part we made pillows, but when it came to actually sewing the pieces together, the teacher did it on a sewing machine.

In all these cases, there were no options for girls vs boys. Everyone took the same course.

I went to a small high school, so it didn't offer driver's ed or any sort of shop classes.