Skills Not Taught at School No More

[Jason]

They say cursive writing isn't taught,  What else isn't taught?  Well, I'm sure they still have typing, but it's done now on computers.

Question:

Should some skills be done away with?   What are some pros and cons of this idea?

Edited February 2 by Jason

[Uncrowned Guard]

I'm okay with the loss of cursive, to this day I always found it extremely odd that not only is English a messed up language, but we had to learn two ways to write it.  

I find the loss of shops to be the largest issue.  I don't necessarily jump on the "schools should teach all life skills" bandwagons, but I do believe students should have the opportunity to explore possible trades and careers they may want to follow.  

[Grungie]

8 hours ago, Uncrowned Guard said:

I'm okay with the loss of cursive, to this day I always found it extremely odd that not only is English a messed up language, but we had to learn two ways to write it.  

I find the loss of shops to be the largest issue.  I don't necessarily jump on the "schools should teach all life skills" bandwagons, but I do believe students should have the opportunity to explore possible trades and careers they may want to follow.  

Iirc, a lot more rural schools have shop classes, and there’s articles from last year that they’re bringing them back to urban schools.

[Uncrowned Guard]

On 2/2/2024 at 9:37 PM, Grungie said:

Iirc, a lot more rural schools have shop classes, and there’s articles from last year that they’re bringing them back to urban schools.

Most of the rural schools around me still have wood shops, but as far as I know, none have brought back anything related to metalworking or other trades.  I have heard shops are making a comeback as well, so hopefully we will start to see them as a more common thing once more.

[Grungie]

3 hours ago, Uncrowned Guard said:

Most of the rural schools around me still have wood shops, but as far as I know, none have brought back anything related to metalworking or other trades.  I have heard shops are making a comeback as well, so hopefully we will start to see them as a more common thing once more.

We have a few with welding classes around here. Though we also have quite a few factories, and construction is "popular" here.

[Jason]

On 2/4/2024 at 8:47 AM, Grungie said:

We have a few with welding classes around here. Though we also have quite a few factories, and construction is "popular" here.

There's been a movement against blue collar work, but it's losing steam with a lot of people.   In fact, college has been looked on cynically.

Anyway, I got nothing against higher education, but I think people need double majors as insurance against the job market.