I’m not sure. I’ve heard that some high schools no longer have typing classes, and there’s apparently a rise in gen z kids who are unable to type the traditional, “touch type,” way with all ten fingers and opt for the two-finger style or some hybrid quasi-effective style. They say it can be just as fast but I’m pretty dubious about that.

I certainly think it is valuable, and I hope it remains a required learned skill for kids, but as someone with dysgraphia—and much to my dismay, dyslexia—writing has always been completely miserable to me. Although I’m glad I learned how to write properly in both regular hand and in cursive, and I’m fully able to read it as long as it isn’t excessively ornate, I’m so thankful I was able to learn to type as a kid. What a wonderous feeling it was to actually excel in my typing class. To this day it’s one of the most worthwhile skills I learned at such a young age.