With the swarm of technology, handwriting, a vital skill, may be on the brink of extinction, despite that it is able to create a “model citizen, assimilate immigrants, and even reform juvenile delinquents” (Korper). Believe it or not: handwriting is important. However, the debate about handwriting is still questionable. Handwriting allows for effective memory retention and is an significant and unique action to develop certain regions of your brain (Grossberg). However, handwriting is also outdated and lacks the agility of the keyboard (Korper). Nonetheless, some of these positive aspects of handwriting are largely due to the ‘drill’ factor emphasized in the Palmer Method of handwriting used present day (Korper).
Throughout the history of handwriting, Platt Roger Spencer was the first American penman to create a national handwriting model; however, it was a sluggish design due to the fussiness of the fancy writing. In the late nineteenth century, the typewriter had created enormous
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One study by Virginia Berninger, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, compared students who took notes by hand versus classmates who took notes by computer. His findings stated that the “handwriters exhibited better comprehension of the content and were more attentive and involved during the class discussions.” This is because “handwriting involves more complex motor functions and takes a bit longer than keyboarding.” Still, handwriting is not necessary and is time-consuming. “With today’s already overcrowded elementary school curriculum and the importance being placed on reading and math instruction, there are simply more important subjects that need to be taught - keyboarding included” (Kysilko). Moreover, handwriting does not prepare students when it comes to being college and career ready unlike the
Kutcher claims, “We haven’t lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it, in doing so, acquainted art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It’s personal and deliberate and means more than e-mail or text ever will. ’’(96)Handwriting is different and unique for each individual. You can look at the letter and judge how much effort a person put into writing it.
By being educated at a young age in literacy, I included it in my pottery and also working for newspaper companies strengthened my form of expression. Working in the South Carolina Republican and then later on The Edgefield Hive as a typesetter, it was a good experience helping my literacy skills but I didn’t feel fully indulged. I did it because I had to but also to learn. By understand typography, I was able to understand the science of the anatomy of type. They taught me the use of size, spacing, and placement of typography in order to show hierarchy, direction and attraction. I became to understanding that type is a collective of shapes and strokes. Master Abner 's newspaper did not get a lot of publicity and hit a crisis, which led him to cease publication of the newspapers. Master Abner then moved to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1832. He decided to leave me back in Edgefield and...
Cursive should not be taught in schools! Schools don’t need cursive. There are other things that kids could be doing in class. Read my next paragraph to find out what and why.
The simple skill of writing, while something we all possess, has many different impacts on the brain. We think of it as a simple action, yet it can be as manipulative as a drug. Studies over the years have proven this using modern technology. Writing affects our minds in many different ways and in many different forms.
Forensic Document Examination is a broad field in forensics that covers a variety of subspecialties. These areas range from signature verification, to photocopy manipulation, to stamp impressions and more. This paper will focus specifically on the specialty of handwriting comparisons. This should not be confused with handwriting analysists, or graphologists, who strive to identify a writer by determining their psychological state and personality. Those who practice handwriting comparison seek to determine the validity of a document, or if different documents were written by the same person, by the distinct characteristics of the writing. This is useful in a wide variety of criminal cases from authenticating suicide notes to determining forgeries.
In conclusion, Cursive writing is very well out dated. We use technology now more than ever. Maybe a new common core standard should be computer skills. As cursive writing holds no benefits to students. The truth comes out, cursive writing has essentially disapeared. So why ever bring it
For centuries, cursive handwriting has been considered an art. However, to a increasing number of young people the form is becoming extinct. The graceful letters of the cursive alphabet have been transcribed on innumerable love letters, acted as the method for articulating thoughts in journals and diaries, and have been scrawled across elementary school chalkboards for generations. Yet, cursive is gradually vanishing due to the accessibility to keyboards and smartphones. While the loss of the cursive alphabet may appear inconsequential, recent studies have revealed that in fact the gradual death of the fancier ABC’s instigates concerns for future generations.
Children should be encouraged to scribble. Scribbling helps children learn how to control their scribbling. After a child has mastered scribbling it will then become writing. Children learn to scribble when they use different writing utensil in writing center. Children can use different things to learn how to scribble. Children can use paint to help with scribbling. Then, there is controlled scribbling. “Once children have developed hand control of a drawing implement, they begin to make all kinds of scribbles”(Beaty & Pratt, 2011). Scribbling is important for children because they gain writing skills.
Why Cursive Writing Should Continue to be Taught in Schools “I think your cursive writing identifies you as much as your physical features do.” Alabama state rep. Dickie Drake. Recently, cursive writing has been eliminated from common core and is not required to be taught in schools. Many schools are abandoning it and are not teaching it at all to students. Teachers are doing this because they think it is a “lost art”.
“Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects writing, which requires a complex set of motor and information processing skills. Dysgraphia makes the act of writing diffic...
This editorial was written by the Denver post editorial board and discusses the opposing views on keeping cursive writing in U.S schools curriculums. It emphasizes cursive as a dying art form and expounds on how technology is more important than the traditions of cursive hand writing in this new day and age. It argues that cursive should be taken out of the curriculum completely and recently it has been. Cursive has been deemed irrelevant and kicked to the curb, but for this paper I will be dissecting the editorial and not this direct issue. That being said, in every argument it is important to remember three things; ethos, pathos and logos. These things give any argument strength and appeal. In this paper I will be discussing the authors of this editorials use of these wringing principles.
McNichol, A., & Nelson, J. (1991). Handwriting analysis putting it to work for you. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc.
Although adequate writing skills are indispensable for life, leisure, and employment, quite a few students do not learn how to write effectively. Since writing is an exercise in thinking, it is important to balance the process of writing with the mechanics of writing. The areas of the brain involved in the writing task are varied yet interrelated; therefore, a student’s individual needs will determine the method of instruction they receive. Many students who have low expectations for their own academic success will not make even minimal efforts to complete a...
Each of these techniques is one’s raw thought process. Little to no preprocessed emotion and revision. It allows for the speaker/author to remove their filter and reveal some of their self. When speaking, everyone has their own unique voice and is able to reveal their tone and mood through that. When someone has handwritten their thoughts they can’t audibly display their tone, but they can vary the style in their writing. Like a voice, the handwriting style varies person to person. I believe it is a way of showing the author’s voice though it is absent. The fast scribbles and hasty hands can show anger. The precise and direct marks can show patience and perfectionism. The slow, drawn out lines can show the laziness and relaxed feeling the author is trying to communicate and so on. “… once you are good at decoding letters into sound, which most of us are by the time we’re in 5th or 6th grade, the comprehension is the same whether it’s verbal or written,” – Dan
Cursive writting is a big part of being professional. It's true that technology is changing at a rapid speed. As said in the article "Cursive Is aTwenty-First Century Dinosaur" hand writting has tooken a back seat. Only because technology grows by the day. I feel that children should still learn and practice cursive hand writting because it is apart of everyday life. learning to write can improve your motor skillz more than typing on a computer.