I read an interesting blog post from Seth Godin the other day. It was written several years ago, but nothing has changed that would invalidate the content. In it he describes a three hour flight where he watched a guy write a report using hunt and peck, and then came home to find out his third grader is being drilled in how to write proper cursive.
The argument: Cursive is a useless skill in today’s world. Typing, on the other hand, is a critical skill.
Of course, we’ve always taught cursive in school. And that’s the problem. It’s been a long time since a school curriculum has been created from scratch. If we were doing that now would cursive be so high on the list?
To effectively train our organizations and be viewed as essential to business success (vs. drilling how to write proper cursive), learning programs have to be really good at teaching the critical skills. What skills are most fundamental to your organization’s success this year? How are you filling the gap?
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