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[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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[itcamefromjapan.livejournal.com]

I had to do this when I took the SAT (which was also around three years ago). The proctor told everyone, "Write, don't print," which didn't strike me as odd until she added, "which means write in cursive."

Cue enormous collective groan. The proctor spent almost five minutes writing out various cursive letters on the overhead ("How do you make a 'j' again?") before giving up and telling us to just do our best.

I write in cursive anyway, so I didn't have any problems, but I know more than one person who called that the most difficult part of the test.