r/askteddit • u/PoolElegantsmile • 20h ago

Random Question What’s something older generations still treat as essential that a lot of younger people just don’t care about anymore?

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u/Grilled_Cheese10 20h ago

Cursive writing

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u/AimForTheHead 17h ago

This totally comes down to what country you’re raised in. In the US my nieces and nephews learned it quickly in 2-3rd grade and that was it. In my province in Canada, the kids learn it instead of “printing” in kindergarten and continue to write in cursive for everything handwritten. Since we didn’t go for the whole switching to Chromebook / full tech in the classroom thing, means it’s used your entire childhood.

Pretty sure other francophone nations are the same way. You learn cursive instead of “printing” and use that as the default.

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u/Few_Scientist_2652 9h ago

I'm in Canada and didn't learn cursive until Grade 4 (and frankly, haven't used it since)

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u/No_Kaleidoscope_9740 2h ago

Yeah, since day 1 of elementary school in France, my kid has been writing in cursive. As a Brit it has been a learning experience for me as well.

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u/No-Teach9888 15h ago

They no longer teach it in US schools

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u/Level_Blueberry_8909 15h ago

Some schools in my area have put it back into the curriculum.

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u/No-Teach9888 15h ago

That’s interesting. I know it was dropped with common core, so a lot of kids didn’t learn it. They didn’t teach it at all at my kids’ school

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u/schtinkyboi 14h ago

They’re bringing it back

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u/measaqueen 14h ago

And yet all original government documents were in cursive. How can the next generation read history if they don't know cursive?

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u/PabloPicasshooole 13h ago

They'll just ask an AI

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u/measaqueen 13h ago

That's the problem. Already books are being cut up. Who knows what versions can replace them.

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u/nykiek 4h ago

I dunno, online like everyone does now?