As I pointed out in the last thread, the issue really isn't print v. handwriting, it's that nowadays, they don't bother to teach people how to write before they teach them the letters. Nobody knows how to properly hold a pen or move the writing arm (most people write with their wrists).
Back in the quill and ink days, people learned proper technique before learning how to draw a single letter. Because, with a quill, poor posture could be a messy disaster. (Anyone who's tried calligraphy knows this.) And it showed; even people with the most basic of educations had beautiful penmanship.
Then the modern writing utensils came a long, and no one bothered anymore. They didn't remove the same basic mechanical traps of a quill, they just covered them up. And as technology evolved people seemed to care less and less, and, as Trekker points out, made them lazy.
I was forced to learn these things. Having been born with CP, my handwriting when I first started learning was terrible. Then I was sent to a specialist who taught my the proper mechanics and such and made me practice over and over and over again. Now, I'm am complimented all the time on the elegance and neatness of my writing. In school I was often designated the default note taker because I could write fast enough to get down most of the information and it was neat enough that everyone could read it.
I think it's a shame that people are no longer properly taught to write anymore. (Just like they aren't properly taught to read, but that's another matter.) People have become way too dependent on technology. And only teaching people to "use" the technology is utterly ridiculous. What happens when (and it will) it all goes away?
Back in the quill and ink days, people learned proper technique before learning how to draw a single letter. Because, with a quill, poor posture could be a messy disaster. (Anyone who's tried calligraphy knows this.) And it showed; even people with the most basic of educations had beautiful penmanship.
Then the modern writing utensils came a long, and no one bothered anymore. They didn't remove the same basic mechanical traps of a quill, they just covered them up. And as technology evolved people seemed to care less and less, and, as Trekker points out, made them lazy.
I was forced to learn these things. Having been born with CP, my handwriting when I first started learning was terrible. Then I was sent to a specialist who taught my the proper mechanics and such and made me practice over and over and over again. Now, I'm am complimented all the time on the elegance and neatness of my writing. In school I was often designated the default note taker because I could write fast enough to get down most of the information and it was neat enough that everyone could read it.
I think it's a shame that people are no longer properly taught to write anymore. (Just like they aren't properly taught to read, but that's another matter.) People have become way too dependent on technology. And only teaching people to "use" the technology is utterly ridiculous. What happens when (and it will) it all goes away?
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