Pet peeve

Hope that made you feel better about yourself.

I'm sorry, but 'professionalism' connotes certain implied expectations and standards of educational preparedness and behavior. The fact that you're okay with the the 'dumbing down' of some professionals speaks volumes about you! Perhaps, come back with a wittier response when you've been in nursing longer than 1 year! I digress

I'm on board with OP. But I stopped expressing my opinions in this area when I found out that schools are no longer teaching cursive writing . . . & discovered that no one else was shocked, appalled, gobsmacked, stunned, flummoxed, aghast, or even perturbed. I'm convinced that literacy Armageddon is looming.

I received cursive writing lessons during my second, third and fourth grade years (circa 1988 to 1991). I think the cohort with whom I attended grade school may be the last generation to have been taught cursive writing.

I concur with you. It is enormously sad...

I was also taught cursive in grammar school, but no students in my current population have learned it.

But I what I find more more off-putting is the fact that so many of the middle school students I work with cannot read a non-digital clock. And we have those old school wall clocks in every classroom. They ask me what time it is, I point to the clock, and they tell me "I can't read that."

Also, many of today's kids have no clue on the proper use of a land line telephone with a receiver when their cell phones are not working properly. If forced to dial a number on one of those phones, they stare at it with a deer-in-the-headlights look.

Can you believe that kids these days don't know how to plane wood to make a plank either? How the hell are they going to raise a barn if they don't know how to make planks???

I am more interested in young people learning how to thrive in the society they will exist in rather than learning the technologies of their predecessors. Thats just me though.

I laugh when I see older nurses who struggle to chart on the computer or troubleshoot even the most basic of computer issues complain about how the youngins cannot write in cursive or don't handwrite letters anymore.

The reason why kids are not learning the things we did when we were kids is because much of what we learned is now obsolete or fast becoming. My grandkids will very likely only see landlines in old movies.

I'm put off by posters who use text speak, post in all capital letters, fail to use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation and by those who use the terms "NETY" or "bully."

Can you believe that kids these days don't know how to plane wood to make a plank either? How the hell are they going to raise a barn if they don't know how to make planks???

I am more interested in young people learning how to thrive in the society they will exist in rather than learning the technologies of their predecessors. Thats just me though.

I laugh when I see older nurses who struggle to chart on the computer or troubleshoot even the most basic of computer issues complain about how the youngins cannot write in cursive or don't handwrite letters anymore.

The reason why kids are not learning the things we did when we are kids is because much of what we learned is now obsolete. My grandkids will very likely only see landlines in old movies.

I'm far from "old" (in my 30s), but wall clocks are very much still used. Therefore, we should ensure middle school children know how to tell time by looking at one of them. I have also worked with many students that are scared to make a phone call or a presentation. While I appreciate the digital age, I do wonder if some of it distances us from face-to-face and voice-to-voice daily interactions.

As for grammar, one thing I find interesting is that I tend to text in more complete words/sentences and my parents use text abbreviations (u instead of you, for example).

I'm far from "old" (in my 30s), but wall clocks are very much still used. Therefore, we should ensure middle school children know how to tell time by looking at one of them. I have also worked with many students that are scared to make a phone call or a presentation. While I appreciate the digital age, I do wonder if some of it distances us from face-to-face and voice-to-voice daily interactions.

As for grammar, one thing I find interesting is that I tend to text in more complete words/sentences and my parents use text abbreviations (u instead of you, for example).

LOL. People in their 60s and 70s still say they are far from old, all a matter of perspective.

Sure analog clocks are still around but honestly I would put it down in the way low priority to learn bucket.

Sure the new digital communication methods are altering communication but I would not say it is distancing them each other, actually I would say the opposite is true. People now communicate more than ever! It used to be that you got a Christmas card from extended family once a year, now you get to see a video of them walking their dog in it's new sweater.

I think social communications are changing and it is important for young people to be given the skills they need to thrive in their society when they become adults and not focus on our society and the skills we used or the skills our predecessors used. Since things are moving to digitial faster than ever it is important that their skill set is focused on digital communication.

I have noticed that about texting as well, older people tend to use slang and abbreviations far more than young adults or children I find. I have a theory that they are using it as a method to compensate for their inabilty to type on a small buttonless digitial interface quickly.