The Fastest Disappearing Skills in the World Include Handwriting, Mental Math, and Reading Maps

Remember when you used to have to bring along giant paper maps when you went on a family vacation?  Seems like ANCIENT HISTORY.  We might as well have been driving in a horse-and-buggy and yelling about how the British were coming.

--A new study examined the basic skills that are disappearing the fastest because of modern technology like smart phones and tablets.  Here are the top seven:

 #1.)  Handwriting.  And people specifically mentioned that handwritten thank-you notes are quickly disappearing. 

#2.)  Using a dictionary or encyclopedia.  Now we just Google words to find out what they mean . . . or research things on Wikipedia. 

#3.)  Mental math. 

#4.)  Reading a map.  The GPS and mapping apps have made maps obsolete. 

#5.)  Finding something at the library.  No one remembers how to find a book using the catalog and the Dewey Decimal System anymore. 

#6.)  Playing board games.  Every board game has an iPad version now. 

#7.)  Sending a postcard.  We publish our own vacation photos on Facebook instantly now, so there's no real need to send a postcard.