It's shocking to me, that many high school students can not write script. I repeat they can not, they do not know how to write script!
Their signature are scribbles. Technology is wonderful. It is a great tool, but alas we've allowed our students to use technology to their determent. We no longer teach the basics.
Isn't time we get back to the basics. Students should learn/relearn how to write in script. It is important.
I'm sure most of us can remember taking penmanship in school. First tracing the letters than writing them ourselves. You started with pencil and moved on to a pen. Does anyone remember cartridge pens. It was a milestone when you graduated to a cartridge pen. How many of us how ink all over our hands from filling the cartridge tank and smearing our letters. Finally they came out with the ink in a cartridge so you no longer needed to fill your pen. This was a learning experience. It was fun! Guess what we all learned our letters, we all knew how to write script. You could read our names clearly.
How could we as a society taken this simple skill from our students. Yes technology is great and it certainly helps our students learn, but we must not forgot the simple basics. With out the basics which is our foundation we're building a house of cards. How long before the collapse begins!
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