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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've never been in a situation where penmanship mattered. Typing skills on the other hand are abysmal across the board and hamper my coworkers constantly.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's an easy way to teach fine motor control.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or disassembling electornics, which ice used way more than fucking cursive.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'm really confused by all of these not being on the curriculum. I went to secondary school in the 90s in the UK. I had learned joined up writing in early primary school (which was what you used to write essays and coursework) and I had both an electronics class where we soldered circuits and IT class where typing improvement games were available.

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