Students are now so dependent on their laptops for writing that they may soon be allowed to use them in university exams. But writing by hand is still an important skill
Students’ handwriting is now so rubbish that Cambridge University may allow them to use laptops in their exams instead of pen and paper. The poor examiners have been struggling to read scripts, and the students struggling to write them. And if Cambridge does it, then everybody else will probably do it, and it will be goodbye cursive writing (and presumably the end of joined-up writing lessons in schools, which are not mandatory anyway).
What a pity – back in the dark ages of my youth, writing lessons made a lovely, relaxing break from all the other gruelling lessons. You just sat there for 40 minutes making the same shapes with your Osmiroid italic pen – pointing towards 10 on the clock, fat strokes down, thin strokes up, on and on, no hurry, almost Zen – until the shapes, tails and joins reached near perfection. No memorising, problem-solving, swotting or frenzy required. Just a breathing space, physical skill, and maybe later on a better understanding and retention of lectures.
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