It's Official! Handwriting Still Matters!

Did you see this New York Times article on the importance of handwriting?

Photo credit, Michael Mabry

A fascinating quick read which dissects studies that link handwriting to an improved ability to hold in information as well as express creativity.

Not going to lie, I've always been a big handwriting is important person but even I was starting this think maybe we were just keeping an archaic relic of our past alive for the sake of nostalgia. But the truth is handwriting is still important!

So what are your thoughts? Have you seen a decline in the teaching of handwriting in your own child's school?

Happy Thursday!
Grace

Penmanship: A Debate

What are your thoughts on cursive handwriting? 

I feel very nostalgic for cursive and am often depressed when I think of its current decline. 

As a teacher at a school, I witness first-hand its de-popularization. Teachers are given less time to teach it and in a new computer-oriented world good penmanship seems archaic. 

I've noticed that people in their 60s still have good handwriting---men and women alike. But after that generation, handwriting has gone downhill. Although women still seem to have nice handwriting, it is unique to them and doesn't have the uniformity stressed in school 50 years ago. 

What do you think? Is penmanship still important to you or something that time shouldn't be wasted on? 

- Grace