Is Handwriting a Lost Art?
I know I hardly write out anything anymore. But neither do my kids! It seems like their teachers all want writing assignments typed. Now, I can’t blame them with the way some of these kids handwriting is, but it caused serious problems in our two computer home. As you are all aware, I spend a lot of time on mine and I don’t want my boys pounding on the keys if at all possible. That leaves one computer for two Jr. High kids with lots of end of the semester writing projects. It’s a daily battle, especially when I catch one of my sons on YouTube or Facebook instead of doing homework.
A while back I installed Norton Family on their computer to limit the time they spent there and monitor their activities, but I guess I didn’t install it correctly because it never worked like it should. So now they tell me they can’t do their homework assignments because they need to do it on the computer.
“Oh, really? You can’t write out your first draft. There’s nothing you can do that doesn’t require the computer?”
Makes me wonder if teachers think every home own multiple computers or that my kids are just being lazy about this writing business.
One word of praise though, my boys are darn good writers. They HATED all the writing I made them do in homeschool (like my two younger ones hate now) but it paid off! They don’t have trouble putting words down on paper, it’s just getting those words onto the computer!
