I was given a first generation Alphasmart in middle school and told to use it for all my assignments since I had such terrible handwriting. At the time I though

I was given a first generation Alphasmart in middle school and told to use it for all my assignments since I had such terrible handwriting. At the time I thought it was incredibly cool, but in retrospect I wonder if I fell prey to some ill-thought technology in the classroom program. Perhaps it would have been better if they had just helped me fix my handwriting.