Re: Re: Typing Beats Scribbling: Indiana Schools Can Stop ...

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I was holding off commenting since I can see merit to both sides.

Let me put it this way. At the old family store, I had found store ledgers from the late 1800's to early 1900's and some later. The early ones were written with a fountain pen and had beautiful penmanship that was actually pleasing to read. The later ones were written in ball point pen and the handwriting was terrible. Now, I'm not sure who wrote in each book, though it did seem that at least two people had written in each at different times. The quality of handwriting was the same in both cases.

Maybe the ball point pen has contributed to making handwriting sloppier? Perhaps it is the speed the ball point allows that encourages speed over neatness?

Then again, some people just have naturally poor handwriting. I tried to learn calligraphy and writing with a fountain pen but didn't have much luck. My regular writing isn't very good either unless I write slowly and deliberately. Usually that is what I do when writing for others, though when writing for myself I often write faster, which is double edged because then sometimes even I have trouble reading what wrote.

In a message dated 7/10/2011 1:56:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

I won't refute your knowledge on this. Surely you are correct. However, I do feel that pure cursive connotes intelligence and a degree of class. That may disappear in time. Administrator

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I was holding off commenting since I can see merit to both sides.

Let me put it this way. At the old family store, I had found store ledgers from the late 1800's to early 1900's and some later. The early ones were written with a fountain pen and had beautiful penmanship that was actually pleasing to read. The later ones were written in ball point pen and the handwriting was terrible. Now, I'm not sure who wrote in each book, though it did seem that at least two people had written in each at different times. The quality of handwriting was the same in both cases.

Maybe the ball point pen has contributed to making handwriting sloppier? Perhaps it is the speed the ball point allows that encourages speed over neatness?

Then again, some people just have naturally poor handwriting. I tried to learn calligraphy and writing with a fountain pen but didn't have much luck. My regular writing isn't very good either unless I write slowly and deliberately. Usually that is what I do when writing for others, though when writing for myself I often write faster, which is double edged because then sometimes even I have trouble reading what wrote.

In a message dated 7/10/2011 1:56:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

I won't refute your knowledge on this. Surely you are correct. However, I do feel that pure cursive connotes intelligence and a degree of class. That may disappear in time. Administrator

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Beautifulk penmanship IS a pleasure to read! rl 'My cat Rusty is a servant of the Living God....'adapted from a poem by SmartFrom: "VISIGOTH@..."

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I was holding off commenting since I can see merit to both sides.

Let me put it this way. At the old family store, I had found store ledgers from the late 1800's to early 1900's and some later. The early ones were written with a fountain pen and had beautiful penmanship that was actually pleasing to read. The later ones were written in ball point pen and the handwriting was terrible. Now, I'm not sure who wrote in each book, though it did seem that at least two people had written in each at different times. The quality of handwriting was the same in both cases.

Maybe the ball point pen has contributed to making handwriting sloppier? Perhaps it is the speed the ball point allows that encourages speed over neatness?

Then again, some people just have naturally poor handwriting. I tried to learn calligraphy and writing with a fountain pen but didn't have much luck. My regular writing isn't very good either unless I write slowly and deliberately. Usually that is what I do when writing for others, though when writing for myself I often write faster, which is double edged because then sometimes even I have trouble reading what wrote.

In a message dated 7/10/2011 1:56:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

I won't refute your knowledge on this. Surely you are correct. However, I do feel that pure cursive connotes intelligence and a degree of class. That may disappear in time. Administrator