Some believe that inkprint publishing will be killed by the Net and e-books. Now Claire Suddath of TIME believes that we are witnessing the death of handwriting:
‘I am a member of Gen Y, the generation that shunned cursive. And now there is a group coming after me, a boom of tech-savvy children who don’t remember life before the Internet and who text-message nearly as much as they talk. They have even less need for good penmanship. We are witnessing the death of handwriting.’
So if this happens, we can also blame writing in print as much as technology. And I wonder how college students will be able to follow dictations and write very fast- a required skill, if they can’t write in cursive. A true sign of education degradation.
Please note that I’m not degrading the Gen Y here. I just learned from a Gen Y’er that they work fine without cursive. I’m writing generally about handwriting.
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David-
That’s good.
I thought you were a hardcore no-cursive! lol
You surprise me David.
And I’m glad it worked for you too. That’s a skill.
Maybe it is really a Gen Y skill for that matter.
Sure hope not. It’s maybe convenient to just type but I still prefer hand-written letters or messages. If you want to show affection or want to convey how important a person is to your life, effort counts.
Wise comment again Lori
Like you, I prefer handwritten specially when preparing manuscript.
I hand write things like thank you notes, and birthday cards (for those I’m really close with). Otherwise, it’s email all the way.
I’m one of those Gen Yers who said “No” to cursive. It honestly never presented a single problem for me. I brought a laptop to class and took down my notes far faster than anyone could have written them in cursive.
It wasn’t a problem when I was in grad school, and it has never been a problem at work.
Hey David,
I edited the post for you as an explanation.