From Lifehacker: Bring Back Handwriting!

[sidthecat]

It's from a couple of years back, and may have already been posted, but it's a very comprehensive compliation of reasons why we (by which I mean everybody else) should be writing stuff by hand. Some good links, too.

 

http://lifehacker.com/bring-back-handwriting-1721228393

[estie1948]

While I agree with you 100%, I am afraid that you are beating a dead horse. Even many of the members of this forum believe that printing at most is sufficient - that handwriting is passed and without value. It is a sad state. I have even come across one or two sites that consider anything written or produced by hand (meaning typing) is considered "handwriting". There are several programs and devices now that one can speak (or dictate) to that will produce printed word. Even in many schools, such things are acceptable. One second/third grade teacher explained to me that this was valuable because time was not "wasted" teaching the students to form letters by hand and learning to spell words was also bypassed, I am flabbergasted. I have stopped going to school board meetings, stopped arguing with teachers and administrators, and stopped trying to teach anyone how to write cursive.

 

-David (Estie).

Edited May 27, 2017 by estie1948

[Bookman]

Hoo uzez speling? Maff? Histry? Lerning speling a waist? Ben saenit fer yeers.

[Ted F]

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[Dragonmaster Lou]

I consider italic to be an acceptable alternative to cursive, but I'm definitely not a fan of ball-and-stick block printing.

[N2theBreach]

While I agree with you 100%, I am afraid that you are beating a dead horse. Even many of the members of this forum believe that printing at most is sufficient - that handwriting is passed and without value. It is a sad state. I have even come across one or two sites that consider anything written or produced by hand (meaning typing) is considered "handwriting". There are several programs and devices now that one can speak (or dictate) to that will produce printed word. Even in many schools, such things are acceptable. One second/third grade teacher explained to me that this was valuable because time was not "wasted" teaching the students to form letters by hand and learning to spell words was also bypassed, I am flabbergasted. I have stopped going to school board meetings, stopped arguing with teachers and administrators, and stopped trying to teach anyone how to write cursive.

 

-David (Estie).

And, I've also seen opinions that the people who are forecasting the death of cursive will be about as accurate as the people who predicted the paperless office. We don't do hard copy reports or use paper forms where I work, but we sure do buy a lot of paper for something!

[sidthecat]

If my office was paperless I wouldn't recognize it.