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> I would struggle to do it by hand. If you did it before then, barring physical limitations which have occurred since then, you would struggle for a short whi
by throwaway152321 3mo ago
> I would struggle to do it by hand.
If you did it before then, barring physical limitations which have occurred since then, you would struggle for a short while and then you would be fine. I also did coursework purely on paper, got out of practice, and then once my kids were in school got back into the habit of handwriting. I can even write cursive again. Cursive makes it much easier on the hand and wrist. There's a reason it was invented. :)
- kevin_thibedeau 3mo ago> Cursive makes it much easier on the hand and wrist. For righties.
- throwaway152321 3mo agoI'm left handed. It's still easier than print for me.
- cyberax 3mo agoYou can write cursive left-handed just fine, slanting letters the other way helps. I'm right-handed, but I had to learn left-handed cursive at school when I spent 5 months with a cast on my right hand.
- vel0city 3mo agoBeing left-handed I've done left-handed cursive for far more than 5 months. I pushed myself to also try and learn to write right-handed. In a left-to-right writing style, its more than just slanting the letters slightly the other way. In the end, the right-hander is overall dragging the pen across the page while the lefty is overall pushing the pen across the page.
- LoganDark 3mo agoI have never been able to handwrite well and my family suspects I have dysgraphia. I can write, but slowly and unreadably. But I can type over 160 wpm. Typing for me is strictly superior, probably by an order of magnitude.
- mbreese 3mo ago> barring physical limitations I think you're missing the point. This is a physical limitation. People don't write as much as they used to. I used to be able to write for hours, taking notes, writing papers, etc... Now, I try to take notes during a meeting and my hand cramps. And as a bonus, my handwriting never was great, but now it's illegible for me. Yes, we all "could" re-learn this skill, but how many people will? If you asked me to type a paper on a locked-down computer, I could easily. If you asked me to write a 2000 word paper by hand in an hour, I doubt it would happen. If we expect students to take in-person tests on paper, then you should also do the rest of the classwork on paper. I am completely in the camp that we learn more when we write something. The physical act is part of the learning process. But you can't expect students to write an in-depth exam without having the practice of doing it often.
- lmf4lol 3mo ago> Now, I try to take notes during a meeting and my hand cramps. And as a bonus, my handwriting never was great, but now it's illegible for me. Are you using a fountain pen, writing cursive and do you take care to hold it properly? Those three things fixed all my cramps
- DonHopkins 3mo ago[dead]
- DonHopkins 3mo agoIt's not about the difficulty of writing, it's about the difficulty of cutting and pasting text with a knife and glue versus a text editor.