Totally STOOOOOOOOPID to have dropped it in the first place.
People need to be able to function in situations where they don’t have electricity or internet access.
Why not shorthand too. List shorthand as a factor in obtaining a degree in journalism. It will come in handy after the EMP outage.
Bump. Completely stupid! See tag.
People need to be able to function in situations where they don’t have electricity or internet access.
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When is the last time you had no electricity or internet access?
I highly doubt the idea of writing 3-4 pages in cursive appealed to you at that time.
Look. Learning cursive is fine. As an elective. If that interests you. Kids need to learn other things first.
California did sight reading for 20 years before they figured out that most of their graduating seniors were functionally illiterate.
Now we have a socialist education system. Math and History are toast. I suspect pretty much all of it is too.
Was recently taking to a retired teacher who tutors now. He said the textbook , which were always highly scrutinized and edited are being replaced iodic internet printouts, that appear to come from the Feds.
My kids missed most of this nonsense but were still homeschooled afterschool in History and Math. (The word at the time was” You don’t have a memorize you math tables... I thought BULLHOCKEY!! Learning to memorize is a big chunk of education!!)
Have a friend who is an E.R, doc that works at medical school. Students are constantly googling on their phones when she asks them questions!!!!
Idiocracy is here.
It’s like driving a stick shift car. You don’t know when you’ll need it but so glad you know.
People need to be able to function in situations where they don’t have electricity or internet access.
Most of these kids can’t type either.