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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I was taught how to write cursive in school, but it didn't stick. Neither did sewing. On the other hand, I've always been glad my mother made me take a typing class.

ETA: In my middle school, everyone (boys and girls) was required to take one semester of wood shop and one semester of home economics (cooking and sewing). The fact that the requirement wasn't gendered was probably the only way in which my school could be described as progressive.