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What do the Twitter changes mean to you?
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Inside online school radically change kids learn everywhere
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I blame computers for ruining my handwriting
I used to have beautiful handwriting. Growing up in the ’70s and ’80s, when it was assumed writing in cursive was a necessary skill, I actually practiced my letters, trying out different capital “Gs” and inventing fancy swirls to go under my signature. If I ever needed to leave a mysterious letter in an old…
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