I took pencil and paper mechanical and architectural drafting for 3 years in a high school vocational program (in the US) which also included learning AutoCAD.

I took pencil and paper mechanical and architectural drafting for 3 years in a high school vocational program (in the US) which also included learning AutoCAD. I enjoyed the pencil and paper work more, and I must have been among the last age groups to learn it. By the time I became a working engineer only 5 years later, there were no vestiges of manual drafting anywhere. Computer desks must have been the main focus of draftsmen for many years already. I'm not sure if it helped or hurt my CAD drafting skills, but the attention to detail was almost meditative for me during what seemed like hours of silence among a dozen other kids at drafting tables. Not sure I have any real point here, just sharing my experience.