Results: School Days
Published on 09/20/2020
This is survey is about subjects you learned (or didn't) while in elementary, middle or high school.
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1.
1.
Many schools in the USA are no longer teaching cursive. Did you learn cursive in elementary school? Yes
84%
1914 votes
No
16%
355 votes
2.
2.
Did you take driver's education as part of your high school? (This would be during school hours and did not cost money to take. This is not the modern driver's ed.) Yes
40%
909 votes
No
60%
1360 votes
3.
3.
Did you take cooking or baking classes while in middle school or high school? (This may have been included in many home economics classes) Yes
62%
1406 votes
No
38%
863 votes
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4.
Did you learn sewing or other arts and crafts while in middle or high school? (This may have been included in many home economics classes) Yes
61%
1376 votes
No
39%
893 votes
5.
5.
Did you take shop or a wood working class? Yes
38%
866 votes
No
62%
1403 votes
6.
6.
Do you think many younger people are missing out and not as knowledgeable about day to day things since schools are no teaching things like cooking, sewing, cursive and more? Yes
80%
1813 votes
No
8%
178 votes
Undecided
12%
278 votes
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7.
Do you think coding (for computer, electronics, etc.) should be a required high school class in today's world? Yes
56%
1275 votes
No
16%
369 votes
Undecided
28%
625 votes
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8.
Do you think it is the parents job or the schools job to teach things such as cooking, woodworking, sewing, and more? It is the parents responsibility 100%
25%
562 votes
It is the schools responsibility 100%
11%
242 votes
It is the parents responsibility, only if the school is not teaching it
53%
1196 votes
Other (please specify)
12%
269 votes
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9.
Does it worry you that there is a generation of kids growing up not learning cursive, who will not be able to sign their own name (on legal paperwork, for a credit card transaction, to get a loan, etc)? Yes
72%
1631 votes
No
28%
638 votes
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