Put that laptop down kid...
Aug 4, 2023 07:50:38 #
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Aug 4, 2023 10:12:00 #
So true. My wife has begun teaching cursive to my 13 yr old grandson. It's a shame what they don't teach in schools these days, and what they do teach.
Aug 4, 2023 10:15:11 #
kpmac wrote:
So true. My wife has begun teaching cursive to my 13 yr old grandson. It's a shame what they don't teach in schools these days, and what they do teach.
Sad....
I'm pondering the same question also...
So, in a few years who will be able to read old hand-written documents.
Aug 4, 2023 11:00:59 #
Aug 4, 2023 11:01:43 #
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OADXNGnJok
... Hilarious video shows 17 year old teenagers baffled by rotary phone
... Hilarious video shows 17 year old teenagers baffled by rotary phone
Aug 4, 2023 11:17:59 #
Sad, but true.
A kid downtown recently asked me what time it was. I told him “five of five.” He had no idea what that meant. I had to show him the time on my iPhone.
A kid downtown recently asked me what time it was. I told him “five of five.” He had no idea what that meant. I had to show him the time on my iPhone.
Aug 4, 2023 11:50:30 #
Aug 4, 2023 12:00:51 #
Longshadow wrote:
Sad....
I'm pondering the same question also...
So, in a few years who will be able to read old hand-written documents.
I'm pondering the same question also...
So, in a few years who will be able to read old hand-written documents.
We will have reliable translators on our smartphones and artificial reality headsets... They are already pretty good at translating one language to another.
There is really no point to teaching cursive in a world where 99% of communications is electronic. Heck, my wife, addicted to novels, reads on her Kindle or her iPad or her iPhone. She hasn't bought books or gone to the library in years. It's all online!
About the only thing I write any more are grocery lists and to do lists. My mail, contacts, calendar, voice memos, notepad, freeform scribbles, reminders, and messages are all networked between iPhone and Mac, and I am always near my phone.
Aug 4, 2023 12:11:58 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OADXNGnJok
... Hilarious video shows 17 year old teenagers baffled by rotary phone
... Hilarious video shows 17 year old teenagers baffled by rotary phone
The concept of "Before dialing, lift the receiver and listen for a dial tone" seems to have escaped them.
I remember watching movies in elementary school on how to use a telephone and practice good telephone manners while doing so. Those need to be updated for iPhones and their apps...
Aug 4, 2023 12:56:03 #
burkphoto wrote:
We will have reliable translators on our smartphones and artificial reality headsets... They are already pretty good at translating one language to another.
There is really no point to teaching cursive in a world where 99% of communications is electronic. ..
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There is really no point to teaching cursive in a world where 99% of communications is electronic. ..
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I'll guess you don't do any genealogy work.
I'd like to see some of those programs interpret some nasty handwriting of old.
Translating "printed words" is a piece of cake. Can they do script? Poorly written script?
Aug 4, 2023 12:57:32 #
Fredrick wrote:
Sad, but true.
A kid downtown recently asked me what time it was. I told him “five of five.” He had no idea what that meant. I had to show him the time on my iPhone.
A kid downtown recently asked me what time it was. I told him “five of five.” He had no idea what that meant. I had to show him the time on my iPhone.
...or "quarter to three".....
Aug 4, 2023 15:17:08 #
frankco
Loc: Colorado
Back in 2013 we had a family reunion at Winter Park ski slopes. I was giving my nieces child a ride from the house to the ski lift in my '08 F150. As we headed out he needed to talk to my niece. I pulled up alongside my niece so he could talk to his mother. He looked at me and asked how to roll down the window.
When I bought that truck I specifically asked for no electric windows, just old style roll down.
When I bought that truck I specifically asked for no electric windows, just old style roll down.
Aug 4, 2023 15:34:23 #
Aug 4, 2023 15:35:04 #
kpmac wrote:
So true. My wife has begun teaching cursive to my 13 yr old grandson. It's a shame what they don't teach in schools these days, and what they do teach.
You can say that again!
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