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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
They also, (at least my granddaughters teacher does ,) insist they write legibly, and neatly. Calligraphy, of course, is not applicable. However, making your work easy to read is very important.
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I wrote horribly, always got low grades for my penmanship when I was at grade school. But, once a year, we had a week of "special" classes, where we would do all things that weren't normally done at school. So there were cooking courses, knitting courses and that sort of stuff. But there was also a caligraphy course. Ever since I followed that, I've been able to write legibly and neatly.
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Originally Posted by Phogg
It is also true that if the schools are wasting much time on penmanship with my niece instead of getting her on a keyboard as soon as possible when she is old enough for school I and the rest of the family will be pitching a fit with the school board. Penmanship is now as useful as skill with a slide rule.
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I so don't agree with that. I'm a software developer, but I use paper (and a white board) often for note taking, as it's still easier to grab a piece of paper from the printer to write upon than getting my pc and type it in a word processor and then print it out. And don't even mention the postcards I send from holiday, which must also be legible, as it won't be delivered otherwise.
Also, learning good penmanship is also a good lesson in hand/eye coordination. So, I think it's bad business if small children only learn how to use a keyboard and not a pen.