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Is the end of Handwriting upon us?
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An important point that I mentioned in the OP, that others also touched upon, is that we are losing skills merely for expedience.
Written note taking has been shown to aid memorisation and understanding far more than typing. Typing has distinct advantages for legibility and ease of formatting and erasure. It is not however inherently better, it depends what you are trying to achieve. For schooling, typing is therefore a bit counterproductive if you wish to have students understand their subject matter, and without cursive, handwritten notes can be more laborious.
So why not teach children the skill?
It is this mistaken idolisation of technology that leads us down this path. People are losing abilities and they are simply not being taught the next generation. As I said before, this is noticeable in Medicine with newfangled gadgets, where diagnosing from clinical signs often take a backseat to special investigations. This is deeply flawed, in my opinion.
I don't expect it to change, for that is the direction we are heading. I am merely saddened by the erosion of our abilities, and the sheer short-sightedness.
Written note taking has been shown to aid memorisation and understanding far more than typing. Typing has distinct advantages for legibility and ease of formatting and erasure. It is not however inherently better, it depends what you are trying to achieve. For schooling, typing is therefore a bit counterproductive if you wish to have students understand their subject matter, and without cursive, handwritten notes can be more laborious.
So why not teach children the skill?
It is this mistaken idolisation of technology that leads us down this path. People are losing abilities and they are simply not being taught the next generation. As I said before, this is noticeable in Medicine with newfangled gadgets, where diagnosing from clinical signs often take a backseat to special investigations. This is deeply flawed, in my opinion.
I don't expect it to change, for that is the direction we are heading. I am merely saddened by the erosion of our abilities, and the sheer short-sightedness.
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