Change, everything is changing constantly. From when I was a child to now the world looks so different! If a kid from the 80’s traveled in time to today, I think they would be pretty surprised and over whelmed. While today’s 4 year old can find their way around an iPad, the 4 year old of the 80’s could find their way around a doodle pad with a marker. So much else has changed, cars, phones, Internet, computers, and many many technological devices that I don’t even know what they are.
It’s been a while since I was in grade school, and now that my son is in Nursery I am once again beginning to get ready for those school years again, but how things have changed!
When I was a kid handwriting was a very serious subject. Besides practicing cursive to classical music (yes I am serious) our handwriting was part of the grade for everything that we wrote which was handed in. I wont even get into the calligraphy and fountain pens, ink everywhere!
Today schools have changed; they have evolved with all the technology that is available. One of the things that have changed in school is that handwriting is no longer a main focus. With computer readily available, teachers are more concerned with kids being up-to-date and proficient with this modern basic tool.
This is a great article about the benefits of writing by hand, and the negative effects not writing by hand is having on societies.
http://theweek.com/article/index/207846/how-writing-by-hand-makes-kids-smarter#.Tr8Z2DWo09E.facebook
Is change always good? What about the saying “An oldie, but a goodie”. Can’t we move ahead without getting rid of the older stuff? Sometimes we don't realise we have made a mistake in getting rid of something until it is too late!
