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We have two new interns at the office. Both are the top of their class in their respective business schools. I wrote down some notes in a meeting and asked one of them to type it up for me. He brought it back and sais that they tried but neither of them know how to read cursive.
 

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We have two new interns at the office. Both are the top of their class in their respective business schools. I wrote down some notes in a meeting and asked one of them to type it up for me. He brought it back and sais that they tried but neither of them know how to read cursive.
Late 90's
 

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We have two new interns at the office. Both are the top of their class in their respective business schools. I wrote down some notes in a meeting and asked one of them to type it up for me. He brought it back and sais that they tried but neither of them know how to read cursive.
I can't write cursive and I'm a college grad, lol.
 

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We have two new interns at the office. Both are the top of their class in their respective business schools. I wrote down some notes in a meeting and asked one of them to type it up for me. He brought it back and sais that they tried but neither of them know how to read cursive.
right after 1999 . i was pissed because i was part of the last year that had to know it ...
 

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We have two new interns at the office. Both are the top of their class in their respective business schools. I wrote down some notes in a meeting and asked one of them to type it up for me. He brought it back and sais that they tried but neither of them know how to read cursive.
are they in their early 20s ???
 

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I remember cursive...I never use it.
 
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I honestly had no idea. These two are in their early 20's. My kids write in cursive in school still. Both can read and write it as well as printing.
 
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As I was in my Junior and Sr years in high school (95-96), they dropped the "requirement" and they only required legibility. This was also at the same time that they were pushing computer use and word processing programs for papers and reports.

Perhaps the widespread implementation of computers in the schools caused the focus to shift from penmanship to knowledge of computers?