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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[alumiere.livejournal.com]

Handwriting and speech classes were the bane of my existence in grades 1-3. An overbite so big I was in braces by age 7, plus coke bottle glasses and serious lack of coordination meant I was sent to remedial speech and writing classes two days a week instead of staying with the rest of my class. Fortunately, I was already reading at a 5th/6th grade level, so I didn't miss anything significant.

And even in private school, both cooking/sewing and shop classes were mandatory in 6th grade for all students. In 7th and 8th we had to choose either shop or home-ec; go figure I was one of two girls in my shop classes. But I was also good at math, electronics, etc so I routinely did better at anything not brute strength related than many of the boys.

The burly male teacher liked me, and let me tinker with more advanced stuff pretty often, which no doubt made the boys jealous. But since I helped them with projects when I could most of the guys didn't give me too much crap for it.