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My kids are 15, 12, and 9. Oldest got more cursive instruction than the youngest, but she really can't read it. None of my kids can read the cards from their grandparents on their birthdays.

Typing is now taught in 2nd grade. My 9 yr old spends much of his school time on a chromebook. His parent teacher conference was self led on a powerpoint-like presentation he worked on himself. All 3 kids writing assignments are done on Google
docs and shared to the teacher.

As for myself. I became fairly proficient in cursive up through the 6th grade. At some point I realized my hand was more legible printing than cursive, so as soon as I wasn't required to do penmanship anymore, I dropped the cursive and haven't used it since.

As for drafting, my lettering wasn't ever great. People think that since I'm an architect I must have great handwriting. I just say if it weren't for CAD, I'd simply not be employable.

As for typing, I'm a sad case. My freshman typing teacher had bad eyesight and never caught me looking at the keys. I still look at the damn keys even though, I know damn well where they all are. I get by with my 30 wpm, but am pretty jealous of my wife's 60 with her eyes on what she's transcribing. Not jealous enough to change though. I tell my kids that hoping they follow her example not mine.

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