“Public school education strikes again.”
You were taught morse code in public school?
BTW: In 2003, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ratified changes to the Radio Regulations to allow each country to determine whether it would require a person seeking an amateur radio operator license to demonstrate the ability to send and receive Morse code. The effect of this revision was to eliminate the international requirement that a person demonstrate Morse code proficiency in order to qualify for an amateur radio operator license with transmitting privileges on frequencies below 30 MHz.[
You were taught morse code in public school?
No, but by the 4th grade I knew about Samuel Morse. :-)
I was first licensed in 1976 when the code was very much required. When the code requirement was eliminated, it was predicted that Morse Code would die away like the moderate Democrat. Oddly enough, Morse Code is getting quite popular again, see http://www.skccgroup.com/ (Straight Key Century Club).