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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[heyiya.livejournal.com]

Okay, thank you! That makes sense. I think there's an opposition built into US education where "printing" is an optional category of handwriting that for us doesn't exist in theory -- but in practice, I expect probably there are plenty people who write so little by hand that they join letters irregularly or not at all. It does make sense to de-emphasize writing technique in education given how little actual writing anyone does any more...