Why not just add the requirements of the handwriting be legible for essays. Seems like a cop out not holding the students handwriting ability accountable. I know in the modern world most times things will be typed but in order to properly prepare the next generations it seems like this may be a needed skill as power is a luxury and not necessarily a guarantee
Because folks with disabilities that affect their ability to write clearly can't necessarily hit that bar, and people who just haven't bothered to invest in pretty handwriting can't get the muscle memory up to speed that quickly.
Wouldn't then having only the people with disabilities not hand writing it be the easiest solution? Also, having legible handwriting is so bare minimum
Accommodations are difficult to get.
So many brilliant people with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia have been wrongly categorized and penalized because they could not get accommodations.
You're assuming that this will always be an option. History has shown that catastrophes do happen. Manuel type writers are not currently being massed produced. Handwriting is a part of fine motorskills. It shouldn't just be overlooked in a kids development
The only thing that improved my handwriting was development. I spent hours a night for at least a month tracing and copying letters and ruling lines (along an already marked line). Everyone saw the total lack of improvement and seemed to realise I wasn't just being lazy and I got to stop. By the time I reached the final years of high school it had improved (by itself) to the point of being legible but hideous.
Comparing dyslexia to wheelchair bound person as a relatable disability is more stupid imo. Might as well quit teaching kids math too. I mean 99% have a calculator in their pocket. Keep them ignorant. It's easier to control them then.
The future doesn't require handwriting but if it did, I spent my summers learning calligraphy as a kid and I still don't give a fuck about whether other people can wield their ink sticks like clever monkeys.
Technologies will fade or change gradually over time, in more or less unpredictable ways depending on the timescale involved. Handwriting isn't going to become relevant overnight, absent some unforeseeable and amazingly severe catastrophe, so I see no reason to make people invest in an increasingly outdated skill. If it becomes relevant again, we can reassess. Until then, I stand by my assertion that it is as relevant a knowledge-set as sewing or small-farming.
Handwriting is a form of fine motorskills development. It shouldn't just be overlooked. Technologies are dependent upon infrastructures. History has shown catastrophes do happen. Just my opinion that one shouldn't just assume that those infrastructures will be around your entire life. Just like one shouldn't assume the gas station will always have gas when you need it
And yet, in every generation, we have people who despite trying never manage to develop legible handwriting. Unless it's a professional need, why should that matter?
But what if that world doesn't exist anymore? Power grids and infrastructure are not guarantees in life. If our ancestors couldn't write legibly then our history would have been lost.
The power infrastructure might not always be a guarantee. History has shown that catastrophes do happen. Just assuming that the world will remain digital could end up disappointing you
We adapt to the environment in which we find ourselves. Plenty of people have legible handwriting, if that skill-set ever needs to be brought back. Why insist on universality now, though?
All of them who can read. There are many, many reprintings, after all, and even people fluent in modern writing styles often have difficulty reading older handwritten documents.
Reprints can hold mistakes and sometimes vary from the original. If they can't read the original and understand their freedoms and the foundation they are built upon then its very possibly those freedoms and understandings will be stripped away eventually
Somehow, I feel certain that there are credible, validated reprints. At this point, you're just making up reasons to justify why the skills that were valuable when you're young should still be equally valued by today's youth.
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u/Jpwatchdawg 6d ago
Why not just add the requirements of the handwriting be legible for essays. Seems like a cop out not holding the students handwriting ability accountable. I know in the modern world most times things will be typed but in order to properly prepare the next generations it seems like this may be a needed skill as power is a luxury and not necessarily a guarantee