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[chscag]

Well said Rod.

But whatever happened to those days when we wrote letters to each other?

 

[MacInWin]

You mean like on paper? With a pen? Or was it a Pen-cil? Or did you use a chisel on stone?

 

[ferrarr]

Well said Rod.

But whatever happened to those days when we wrote letters to each other?

Some people still choose that option.

 

[pm-r]

Some people still choose that option.

Just like the little booklet I got many many years ago "How to Write a Letter" said and started out with the good advice:
To get a letter, Write a letter.

Many still do, and especially some like my cousin who writes with a beautiful handwritten script and often with many thoughtful, often humorous little verses included. But almost becoming a lost art.

Oops I almost forgot, all the little stickers that seem to be needed these days, both on the envelope and on the letter inside.
Well some people like them.


- Patrick
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[chscag]

Many still do, and especially some like my cousin who writes with a beautiful handwritten script and often with many thoughtful, often humorous little verses included. But almost becoming a lost art.

You're right Patrick. Penmanship has become a lost art and is no longer taught in schools. My hand writing is not the best but when compared with what I've seen from younger folks, well, you get what I mean.

 

[pm-r]

My hand writing is not the best but when compared with what I've seen from younger folks, well, you get what I mean.

From what I have been able to see, and according to the handwriting, I would say the majority of the younger generation are planning on becoming doctors and they have already mastered the prescription encryption jargon scriptwriting style...
I pity their poor teachers if they have to attempt to read any handwritten essays... God help them and what will the students do when they hit the workforce and have to write something by hand...???

Maybe they will be like the accountant where I worked and I needed the phone number of a supplier that he had and he reached over to his adding machine, punched in the phone number and then tore off the paper strip and handed me the slip from the adding machine. I often wondered if he was actually able to write anything as he seemed to do absolutely everything with that electric adding machine.


- Patrick
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[chscag]

I pity their poor teachers if they have to attempt to read any handwritten essays... God help them and what will the students do when they hit the workforce and have to write something by hand...???

I have a feeling that no one is worried over bad handwriting. The younger folks are attached to their computers and iPhones even at a very early age. The biggest problem with most younger folks (at least here in the US) is their bad grammar, lack of reading skills, and almost no mathematical savvy.

 

[pm-r]

The biggest problem with most younger folks (at least here in the US) is their bad grammar, lack of reading skills, and almost no mathematical savvy.

You can probably add a good percentage of Canadian students and adults to that list, and before anyone starts adding the old have you used algebra today meme, I'll just add this:

Proof That You Use Algebra All The Time (Even If You Don't Realize it)

Just because there are no Xs or Ys in sight, it doesn't mean you aren't using Algebra every single day.

futurism.com

Yep, you probably did use algebra today..,.


- Patrick
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