There are certain skills that aren’t taught in schools, that parents just handed down to children as they performed those tasks, like reading a map or changing a tire. But now kids don’t see their parents do those things, for one reason or another, so they don’t learn them, and they don’t have to. But is that a good thing? I give my younger daughter a hard time about relying on GPS for navigation, but she manages to find her way around even where there’s no wifi, since she didn’t listen to me when I told her not to talk to strangers, either. We lament that the younger generation doesn’t know how to write a check, but do they really need to?
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Considerable has a list of 12 skills that young people no longer learn. I can do all these things, but a couple I just don’t do anymore, because its easier to hand off those tasks to professionals. Whether they actually matter is the real question. Sure, you can get through life without knowing how to sew or read cursive, but if you had those skills, you could have the custom curtains you otherwise couldn’t afford, or read your father’s old love letters.
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POLL: What do you think of this list of obsolete skills? Check all that apply.
- I can do all these things.
- I can do some of these things.
- I haven’t learned these things, or maybe just one or two.
- My kids know most of these things.
- My kids never learned most of these things.
- Most, or all, of these things are no longer necessary to know.
- About half of these things are important to know.
- People should learn most, or all, of these skills.
Source: neatorama