I have lovely scripting, complimented frequently.... Saddening, the things said about script these days.... Should I even speak?
I won't try and they won't allow bringing an ipad into the jail. Many judges here either glare or declare "get out" at those in courtrooms.
Once, I wrote a list, and was surprised my niece couldn't read it: cursive, you see.... I taught it to her in 3 afternoons, and she flows like I do. Am I insane? Perhaps. I've been accused of it before. I always thought better to know too much than too little. I might be wrong. I really might. I don't know that I "get it" anymore and am quite terrified that I actually do....
I know old things and how to make due without and with it all falling down. The fast food workers can't make change without a machine anymore. Power went out; one of them looked at me dumbfounded, doing it by hand. Didn't trust me. I rescued a failing company, and the human resources director hated me, because I insisted on not using "linkedin." She was astonished, floored, hateful even, refused to "take responsibility," for the hires I made. She didn't; they still work there; she still fumes at me. What can I say, I know good engineers when I see them, because I know bad engineers by throwing broken things at them and seeing them duck.
O yes, the computer is faster, sometimes better. The "best of breed" solution works well, but is sometimes expensive, and we're all broke.
My sewing machine works faster than I, but knowing how to back-stitch by hand is sometimes useful. Helps you know where it came from and what to do when the damn thing breaks.
Am I insane, because I actually know how to use an abacus, a slide rule, a calculator and a spreadsheet? Maybe. I don't need to know how to navigate with a sextant, but I do.
They tell me with this "common core" that there is a "4th grade answer," and a "5th grade answer," and that teaches conceptual thinking. But, old methods don't?
My niece knows how to grow tomatoes out of 2 litter pop bottles, how to sun dry them into "tomato chips" (like potato chips) without fly problems, how to use an abacus, a side rule, and to write cursive, and more. She's also wonderful on computers and excel. "Learn all you can angel, I don't know what the world will be like for you, but I'll do everything to make it better."
What do I know? Maybe nothing. Is it too old? It's too late; always has been.
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