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What was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime? (lemmy.ca)
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[โ€“] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would say "cursive is how adults write, you'll need to know it", but that wasn't true then either.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago

    Good cursive flows very nicely. I got to watch my grandmother's handwriting deteriorate as the dementia and Alzheimer's took her. Was always amazed for well she wrote when i was younger, but her handwriting turned pretty incomprehensive as her brain was eaten away by the disease

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago

    "You need a pen licence because that's what you use at work".

    Um no. Secretaries, lawyers and journalists used typewriters and engineers used propelling pencils. Builders had these odd rectangular shaped pencils that could write on anything. Fitters and boilermakers used chalk.

    Only schoolchildren used biros.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    cursive sucks ass. im not reading that garbage

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