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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[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Driver's ed was a mandatory part of the curriculum for sophomores when I was in high school (early 1980s in California). Classes were scheduled during school hours and it was considered a class like any other.

I took typing, yes, on a manual typewriter, in my senior year in high school. It was seventh period, and I was the only senior left in school at that hour.

Cursive I started in third grade.

All my schools were public schools in California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pleasant Hill, Concord, and Orinda, to be precise.