[LINK] welcome to the age of keyboards

Ash Nallawalla ash at melbpc.org.au
Sat May 14 15:20:36 AEST 2011


In primary school in India we had to fill out Vere Foster copybooks (in
pencil, so no need to use a blotter). My handwriting then was cursive and
not too pretty, but in high school I switched to print because a teacher had
a bee in her bonnet about it. It has stayed that way ever since.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plain-Ornamental-Lettering-Fosters-Books/dp/09460144
77 (the ones I recall had a simpler cover)

I think Aussie kids are taught to hold a pen differently than the way I was
taught (the tripod grip). They seem to use two fingers to hold the pen and
the middle finger is used as a guide.

North Americans write in a very distinctive script and in general tend to be
very legible writers.

Ash

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Whitaker
> Sent: Saturday, 14 May 2011 08:50
> To: link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] welcome to the age of keyboards
> 
> [I find the way kids in Australia are taught to write bizarre
(disconnected
> cursive of some type), but this is just story below is just crazy.]
> 
> Debate grows over teaching cursive
> 2:12 PM, May 13, 2011
> 
> http://www.9news.com/news/article/198314/188/Debate-grows-over-
> teaching-cursive
> 





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