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PROMPT January 24 Yesterday celebrated National Handwriting Day in the USA. How often do you still hand write anything substantial? Do you think the decline in children learning cursive writing will be a hindrance to their generation? Handwriting, huh? Well...mine is terrible. It was college that ruined it for me. Trying to pay attention to the professor, taking notes so fast, and not paying attention to penmanship. That's the trifecta that killed my handwriting. But when I wasn't taking notes I was printing. My father was an electronics engineer and he printed in capital block letters all the time. And he was FAST. I thought that was cool so I started doing that. And I was fast too...just like my dad. But whether it's printing or cursive I still prefer to pick up a pen and a notepad. There's just something about handwriting a note or a card or a letter or a document or even a book. It allows time for deep thought and creativity. And it doesn't matter if I mess it up. I can just cross it out. I usually draft everything I write on paper and then I type it up. Now I'm pretty fast at typing, but I always handwrite first. Over the years I've noticed that this process is such a huge time suck! I'm literally writing everything TWICE! So this year I made a resolution to try typing first...it's frustrating for me, but I do think I'm making some progress. And that kills me because I don't want this experiment to work. I just want my paper and pen. And I don't think handwriting is going away anytime soon. Not by the amount of paper and pens and pencils and pencil sharpeners and binders and folders on the market. I just think people like stationery. Maybe they even love it. I know I do. At the end of the day, I think handwriting is here to stay, whether it's cursive or print. And everyone should practice good penmanship. |
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