random poll
Aug. 18th, 2010 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmSuper 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]
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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Date: 2010-08-18 05:18 pm (UTC)|
I went to school in a college town with "good schools." In middle school everyone was required to take one semester of homemaking, one semester of industrial arts, and one year of music. Driver's Ed was an elective in high school that fulfilled an applied skills distribution requirement, so lots of people took it (plus, hello, suburbs!).
I took typing during the one semester I was in a different school system in a different state (another college town); I think it was required there. I learned on a manual! Which means I type way too hard to this day.
I don't write in cursive and haven't since 8th grade, the last time it was required for an assignment. Similarly, despite the coursework, I don't drive.