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Originally Posted by Phogg
I submit to you that business also thinks the way I do.
In Texas, you can no longer cash a check in a bank where you don't have an account on signature ID. Fingerprints are required. they are more secure.
My family has a cleaning business - primarily commercial floor and window work, but some janitorial contracts as well. There is not nearly as much paper waste in offices as there was just six years ago. Paperless offices may not be here yet, but they are rapidly on their way and the movement of making notes on paste its to making notes on smart phones has made a significant drop in trash just the last couple years. Go to office depot and look at the section where they sell sticky notes, Then think of how big a selection they were carrying in 2000.
Legible printing skill is still necessary. Cursive script (I am willing to debate with all comers) is as necessary as a slide rule. It takes too long to learn, considering it will never be needed in the business world these young ones are going to grow up to.
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I would argue that life is about more than just business.
We are a long long way from a paperless society, and your attitude towards not learning something ,that in your opinion is useless, can only hurt your niece's chances of success in school.
She'd better be able to write clearly in cursive. Teachers, while some will accept typed reports, usually insist on the first draft be written.
Tests, especially essays, are in written format. If her writing can't be read, she's in for a hard road.