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School used to be all about writing, whether it was the exercise books we wrote it or the

notes we passed around. But not anymore. Now it's all about typing. Learning your

QWERTY is almost as important as learning your ABC.

So, when my daughter came home last year with cursive handwriting homework, I was

nonplussed. Cursive writing was originally developed to make it easier for children to

write with a quill. By joining up all the letters, it kept the quill on the parchment and

minimised ink blots. But my daughter writes with a laptop. I explained as much to her

teacher at the next parent's day.

But the teacher explained that research suggests that the process of writing information

down on paper, by hand, has a more direct effect on the formation of memories in the

learning process than typing. Taking notes in class is still the most effective way to learn.

It's a better way to store the skills for written language in a child's brain than pressing

keys.

She went on to say, "But that doesn't mean that one should ditch computers. Children

should be taught to touch to touch-type early on. She just feels that learning is aided by

the physical act of writing. Authors often write their first draft by hand. Whether it's to

do with the pace of thought or some kind of stimulation the physical act has, we don't

know. But it's a fact." The French would doubtlessly agree. They love their handwriting.

Teachers in France believe that fluency with a pen 'unlocks the mind' and they spend

more time writing than reading between the ages of three and eight.

We teach children the formation of letters and the appropriate joining strokes. But after

a few years, we leave them on their own devices, just as the written workload starts to

increase. That's when bad habits set in. But as proper writing becomes rarer, spending

some time improving your handwriting is a good investment. In the future, sending a

handwritten letter will be a display of affluence and class, which is why the sale of

fountain pens is reviving.​

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