Comments on: Hand-written no more? http://www.multiversalmusing.com/177/hand-written-no-more/ Social Commentary, Random Snippets of Consciousness Studies, and Bits of Personal Reflection Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.multiversalmusing.com/177/hand-written-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-72 admin Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=177#comment-72 You are most welcome, Elizabeth. And thank you for the comments. Now I headed off to check out your Facebook group! You are most welcome, Elizabeth. And thank you for the comments. Now I headed off to check out your Facebook group!

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.multiversalmusing.com/177/hand-written-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Elizabeth Cottrell Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:34:53 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=177#comment-71 Oh, yes, Deborah, you have indeed hit a nerve here. I recently started a Facebook Group called Revive the art of personal note-writing! (http://bit.ly/rJq9h)and am finding both kindred spirits as well as those who say essentially, "Things change, times change, get over it." There are those, of course, who physically are unable to write, so I've tried to make the emphasis on communication with that other person, but I absolutely agree with all the comments made here and with the unique gift that you're giving someone when you send them a handwritten note. Thanks for helping to keep this special craft alive! Oh, yes, Deborah, you have indeed hit a nerve here. I recently started a Facebook Group called Revive the art of personal note-writing! (http://bit.ly/rJq9h)and am finding both kindred spirits as well as those who say essentially, “Things change, times change, get over it.” There are those, of course, who physically are unable to write, so I’ve tried to make the emphasis on communication with that other person, but I absolutely agree with all the comments made here and with the unique gift that you’re giving someone when you send them a handwritten note. Thanks for helping to keep this special craft alive!

]]> By: Anna http://www.multiversalmusing.com/177/hand-written-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Anna Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:18:59 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=177#comment-55 Thanks for making us aware of this transition. My great-grandmother would sit her seven children down each day to practice handwriting. My grandfather did the same with my Dad and his brothers. It dropped in my generation but I always admired my relatives lovely script so I would strive to have nice handwriting as to all of my cousins. My great-grandmother felt it would give her children an edge in the workplace. And, it did. Most all of my relatives on my Dad's side are/were teachers or business owners. I still send handwritten cards and notes for birthdays and holidays. I can't bring myself to let it go. I also send the occasional e-card to friends. I find it interesting that we will transition to an electronic lifestyle with a limited source of oil to generate electricity. I don't see much foresight in that trend. Aloha, Anna Thanks for making us aware of this transition. My great-grandmother would sit her seven children down each day to practice handwriting. My grandfather did the same with my Dad and his brothers. It dropped in my generation but I always admired my relatives lovely script so I would strive to have nice handwriting as to all of my cousins.
My great-grandmother felt it would give her children an edge in the workplace. And, it did. Most all of my relatives on my Dad’s side are/were teachers or business owners.
I still send handwritten cards and notes for birthdays and holidays. I can’t bring myself to let it go.
I also send the occasional e-card to friends.

I find it interesting that we will transition to an electronic lifestyle with a limited source of oil to generate electricity. I don’t see much foresight in that trend.
Aloha, Anna

]]> By: admin http://www.multiversalmusing.com/177/hand-written-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-54 admin Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:42:48 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=177#comment-54 I recently saw an article online that said banks in the USA are happier with direct deposits of paychecks instead of people standing in line at the teller and depositing a check because many customers can't even endorse the back of the check with a proper signature. Since I've never been a teacher, I can't even imagine how hard it would be to try and decipher a student's illegible scribbles -- so I can certainly understand that point. I do wish the schools WOULD re-institute penmanship training in early elementary school whether computers are the current and future wave or NOT. Writing is a life skill that should not be allowed to simply slip away and then be regretted later. I recently saw an article online that said banks in the USA are happier with direct deposits of paychecks instead of people standing in line at the teller and depositing a check because many customers can’t even endorse the back of the check with a proper signature.

Since I’ve never been a teacher, I can’t even imagine how hard it would be to try and decipher a student’s illegible scribbles — so I can certainly understand that point.

I do wish the schools WOULD re-institute penmanship training in early elementary school whether computers are the current and future wave or NOT. Writing is a life skill that should not be allowed to simply slip away and then be regretted later.

]]> By: Angela http://www.multiversalmusing.com/177/hand-written-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Angela Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:24:22 +0000 http://www.multiversalmusing.com/?p=177#comment-53 I also deplore the loss of the art of cursive writing...but I can tell you as a teacher, I'm a stickler for typed work, mostly because when I get handwritten work (like in-class test essays) it's really difficult, sometimes downright impossible to read. We're talking community college here, so it's long past time to teach handwriting. That needs to be addressed in K-6. Lord help us if the computers ever stop working; most of the younger people in this country would be functionally illiterate at that point. I also deplore the loss of the art of cursive writing…but I can tell you as a teacher, I’m a stickler for typed work, mostly because when I get handwritten work (like in-class test essays) it’s really difficult, sometimes downright impossible to read. We’re talking community college here, so it’s long past time to teach handwriting. That needs to be addressed in K-6. Lord help us if the computers ever stop working; most of the younger people in this country would be functionally illiterate at that point.

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