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Microfiche was a thing when I was in elementary school in the 80s. They taught us to use that and to use the Dewey Decimal System. Cue the meme of the guy holding the “I learned cursive for no reason,” sign.
I’ve been typing for so long that I have the handwriting of a child. It was never terribly legible. Now it’s like I’ve had a stroke.
Anyway, cool throwback.
I feel this so hard. “Library Science” was like, “if you don’t know the Dewey system, you wont be able to use libraries and then you’re DOOMED”.
I sometimes forget how to write by hand now.
Handwriting of a child; broke. Handwriting of a doctor; bespoke