Everyone went to HS in my parents day; you can look up the graduation rate in the US; it was lower than it is now ~70%.
Reading Anglo Saxon is "useful" if you wish to understand the english language, and appreciate the high literature available in Old English. Sort of like reading Shakespeare or Camoes is useful in appreciating what the human race has done and what can be done with older versions of the language. If you're a cretinous boob, I guess learning handwriting, grammar and so on are also entirely optional. We can just teach kids how to thumb twiddle their phones, take birth control and twerk their asses.
Reading Anglo Saxon is "useful" if you wish to understand the english language, and appreciate the high literature available in Old English. Sort of like reading Shakespeare or Camoes is useful in appreciating what the human race has done and what can be done with older versions of the language. If you're a cretinous boob, I guess learning handwriting, grammar and so on are also entirely optional. We can just teach kids how to thumb twiddle their phones, take birth control and twerk their asses.