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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[shadowravyn.livejournal.com]

In my elementary school, cursive was taught in second grade and was mandatory for all school-related work until fifth.

We had computer courses, but they didn't focus on actual typing, more "this is how a computer works."

In middle school, everyone had to take a session of sewing home ec, cooking home ec, metalshop and woodshop in both 6th and 7th grade. I wouldn't say I actually know how to sew, work metal or wood, (and cooking is something I leaned from my mother), but during 7th grade I sewed a pillow, made a coatrack, built a candy dispenser, and baked a cake in those classes, so I feel as if it should still count. The effort was made to teach me, regardless of how much I retained.