There has been little reason to do so for generations and the =
handwriting industry keeps devising new curricula and ways to make an S.
As for keyboarding instruction, I suggest you take a look at this study:
http://stager.org/keyboarding.html
I'm nearly a half-century old and I've had a typewriter or computer my =
entire life.
On May 27, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Keith E Gatling wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Gary S. Stager <district@stager.org> =
wrote:
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>> WIth all due respect, that is remarkable nonsense.
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>> First of all, MDs have bad handwriting. Second-of-all, that is surely =
a
>> task that can be better automated or typed. In fact, I suspect that =
most
>> hospital prescriptions are generated and communicated digitally.
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> Hospital maybe. But the last time I went to my doctors in their =
offices,
> they wrote out the prescriptions for both my meds and my eyeglasses on =
the
> spot on a pad of paper that they had on them. It may have been =
low-tech, but
> it was definitely quicker than having to go to another room to type it =
in,
> and then wait for the printout.
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> I think that cursive will slowly die out of its own, and one day we =
won't
> even notice that no one's teaching it anymore, just like one day it =
happened
> that no one was using horse and buggies, or no one was broadcasting in =
black
> and white. It'll just happen with very little fanfare when the time is
> right.
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> On the other end of the spectrum, I've got people asking why I insist =
on
> still teaching keyboarding, since "everyone knows" that in five years =
people
> will either be dictating into their computers anyway, or people will =
be
> typing with their thumbs on the smartphones.
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> I can't tell you how long I've heard that one. But again, that will go =
away
> slowly on its own, and no one will notice. But for now, the most =
efficient
> way of entering and editing MASS amounts of text is with a keyboard.
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> And yes, I know that at some point the info gets typed into the =
provider's
> system, but still, sometimes low-tech is the way to go.
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>> On a personal note, I have not used cursive handwriting in any way =
shape or
>> form since the 8th grade. I can't write all of the letters in my =
wife's name
>> in cursive font and could care less.
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> Pretty much the same here. I only use cursive to sign my name.
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> But remember that cursive was once faster than printing...something
> important in an age where the typewriter didn't exist.
> --
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> Email: keith@gatling.us
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