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minus-squareKalysta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWe’re not even teaching them cursive anymore and they still can’t type? What are they doing in schools?
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoGen alpha is learning cursive. Gen z is all highschool and college now. -worked in a k-8 tutoring program for 2 years.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI thought Gen Alpha was very explicitly NOT learning cursive.
minus-squareproudblond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMy gen alpha kids got it in 3rd grade. Or rather one did and one is about to.
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIdk what to tell you. This is also a public school, and not a private school.
minus-squareKalysta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoGood to know because the gen zer at work said she never learned it. So it may be up to each school district.
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI’m also gen z and I learned it. I’m also 24.
We’re not even teaching them cursive anymore and they still can’t type? What are they doing in schools?
Gen alpha is learning cursive. Gen z is all highschool and college now.
-worked in a k-8 tutoring program for 2 years.
I thought Gen Alpha was very explicitly NOT learning cursive.
My gen alpha kids got it in 3rd grade. Or rather one did and one is about to.
Idk what to tell you. This is also a public school, and not a private school.
Good to know because the gen zer at work said she never learned it. So it may be up to each school district.
I’m also gen z and I learned it. I’m also 24.