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Of they don't have to memorize random spellings it could free up mental resources for other things. Regardless, why be stuck in the past with things like handw

• NeoBasilisk 7y ago
  You don't think it would be embarrassing to be standing at a whiteboard at work and be unable to spell basic words?
  • yorwba 7y ago
    It won't be embarrassing if no one else in the room can spell better than you. (I once had a Chinese professor forget how to write a certain character while writing on the blackboard. He just laughed it off.) It's also not clear to me that spellcheck will lead to people forgetting how to spell, since it's all about notifying you of spelling mistakes.
  • catalogia 7y ago
    I think in the entirety of my 16 years as a student, I probably wrote less than 100 words total on blackboards or whiteboards. There weren't computers or ipads in those classrooms either. Whiteboards are something I use more often at work these days, but not really when I was in school.
  • mewpmewp2 7y ago
    So we should study things so we don't get embarrassed? Moving on are you embarrassed because you don't know how to swordfight or any other outdated skills?
    • mrr54 7y ago
      That's begging the question. It's not an outdated skill if there are situations you need it! If I couldn't spell the things I were writing on the board in tutorials, it would quite reasonably look like I have no idea what I'm doing. Not a great look.
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• ericd 7y ago
  If you're a programmer, does your editor perform spellcheck for you? Mine certainly doesn't. It's utterly bizarre to me that people in this thread are seriously suggesting that spelling is an obsolete skill.