Fluff - Do you know shorthand

I'm 46 and graduated in 1991. Shorthand was not taught in any of my schools and was considered out of date when I was in school.

61 and I did not take short hand. I went to a Catholic High School and was in the college track. I wonder if the secretarial track taught it at the time?

I learned it in high school, graduated in 95. I’ve never used it since.

I never learned it but my grandma used it all the time at home when she didn’t want anyone snooping at her lists (like at Christmas)

Yep. After college I went to the Katharine Gibbs school in Manhattan for a program called "Entree." It was for women with a degree who wanted secretarial skills to get into the corporate world. Can you IMAGINE that happening now?

I learned shorthand, typing, and English grammar (which was hilarious as my BA was in English) and they had a personal care class where we were taught how to wear makeup and fix our hair. (As if we didn't know how to do these things.)

My parents thought this class was a good idea and it was only six months so I did it. And it did get me into a large ad agency in NYC where I worked as a copywriter and then an account manager. I wonder if I could have done that anyway... so yeah - gregg shorthand!

Graduated in 1968 from a Catholic High School. I took two years of typing and shorthand. After HS, I worked in an office at the Junior College for about 10 years. I used both skills at that job. The typing really helps with keyboards now.

63 and I didn't take shorthand in high school.  I'm not sure it was even offered.  Just this weekend though I ran across my mom's shorthand book from when she took it in the early 1950's.  

Yep! I still have my textbook too. I love it, and I need to practice because I find it could still come in handy for me sometimes. I can never understand my scribbles because sometimes I have to write too fast. If it were in shorthand, I could read it. Hmmm, when should I study my old book again? I will be 55 in June.

I graduated HS in '84 and took it for 2 years as part of the college prep curriculum. I did use it in college and to take notes in meeting during my career. I've been a SAHM for 21 years now and don't really use it except during the holidays. I will jot something down in shorthand if DH or my kids mention a gift idea and then add it to my gift tracker app later.

Yes. Went to Catholic HS in NY, graduated in 1969, and took Pittman Shorthand, which was unusual as most secretarial courses taught the Gregg Method.
Went to work after HS in Manhattan, and used it for many years. I never liked it, hated to “read it back” but it definitely was a plus to be able to take dictation. The world has certainly changed!

I'm 47 and took it in High School. I still use it now and then.

I graduated high school in 1984. Shorthand was not offered at my school.

I was taught shorthand in school and worked really hard to master it.  Unfortunately, I did.  That really ended up screwing me over a bit when I decided to get into court reporting and had to forget all the blends and things I had worked so hard on memorizing and replace them with the shorthand language of the machine.  I felt knowing regular shorthand was a detriment in my case.  I couldn’t read any shorthand now if I tried because I did such a good job of washing it out of my head.  I haven’t used my steno machine in about 10 years, but I could pick up a tape and read it right away.  It would be interesting to try to take dictation on my machine again.  If I could remember which closet I put it into.

I was in HS in the 60s. Those on the "office worker" track could take shorthand.

I was on the "college" track and we were offered a class called Notehand. It was shorthand for the most often used phrases in college that we might want to know to make the process faster. I did use it in college. I sometimes still use the mark for "and" and "because" and "to" just because it does make things go faster.

FWIW, my writing is always in cursive, never printing.