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Tagging Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ  and StephBee  I often mention in my writing items of news I find interesting in Australia and wonder if the same concerns are happening all over the world. I realise that WdC members mostly come from the USA but there are many who live in various parts of the world and often what’s affecting us, usually is affecting everywhere. What caught my interest this week was the way our children write. Apparently cursive handwriting is not being taught as well or insisted upon as it was years ago. It makes perfect sense to me that children have lost, or never had in the first place, the art of beautiful handwriting. Their constant use of the keyboard precludes them from practicing handwriting. My grandmother, born before the last century had very little schooling. She left at aged 12 yet until the day she died her penmanship was something she was always proud of. Does it matter that people simply print these days when they’re forced to write something other than a list? Are we willing to accept it, that’s what I’d like to know. Perhaps it’s just in Australia that our kids are missing out on being able to write in cursive handwriting. But I read an article today which suggests when we are using cursive writing it gives our brains time to think. Please let’s not lose this, or outsource it to AI. https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schools-require-children...  |
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