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]

Comments

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

D'Nealian! That's the one we learned (rural upper midwest, early 80s) and it was taught, and I think received, as an entirely different thing from printing. Students were actively discouraged from making cursive letter forms or joining their letters before cursive instruction started, for fear that it would keep them from learning to print properly. They are different scripts and different skills.