# What were the most useless skills you were taught in school?

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**Created:** [June 5, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-most-useless-skills-you-were-taught-in-school/1030648 "2026-06-05T19:11:43Z")
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### Author: ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-most-useless-skills-you-were-taught-in-school/1030648/198 "2026-06-08T07:12:59Z")

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> [@Epson printing magenta instead of blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epson-printing-magenta-instead-of-blue/10306/8):
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> Cursive is probably “the new slide rule,”

But, unlike slide rules, cursive is still usefull.  
You don’t have a slide rule any more. But you still have grandparents, and old photo albums, family bibles, old recipes, etc.

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