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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[zeldajean.livejournal.com]

Sewing and cooking were addressed in depth only with girls; they were addrrssed with boys but not to the point of making clothes as it was with girls. Both boys and girls took woodworking, but girls Were Not Permitted to take metalworking. This angered me, because I'd already learned to sew and cook at home and I wanted to learn to work with metal.

My school had sort of "drivers theory" - all in classroom instruction, no behind the wheel. I did take this, but answered no to drive because, well, I still couldn't drive after that.

There might have been an electronics class in high school but I did not have room in my schedule for any of the industrial arts classes. I was math/science/language heavy.