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Even if the goal isn't to learn handwriting. Learning handwriting is an excellent means to develop fine motor movement. Many of our modern tools utilise the pre
by quitit 4y ago
Even if the goal isn't to learn handwriting. Learning handwriting is an excellent means to develop fine motor movement. Many of our modern tools utilise the precision we learned in handwriting to perform other functions. Whether that's a painter using a brush, or a surgeon using a scalpel, or everything in between.
Our non-dominant hand almost gives us a preview of what this could be like, so it seems that spending time to upskill the articulation of our hands is necessary: so we might as well use that time to learn handwriting since it has the benefit of working without electricity and translates well into the aforementioned tools.
- iseanstevens 4y agoFor me there was no connection. I could never really write legibly, but have always done lots of precise hand work (soldering, etc). I think we spent a month+ working on cursive writing. Which for me was a waste of time. I did inform the teacher I believed it was pointless, as people would be typing in the future. This would have been maybe 1985, me in 1st or 2nd grade.
- ilyt 4y agoCould just... use that time to teach them doing something useful that happens to include precision work ?
- Aeolun 4y agoIt honestly baffles me that people think handwriting does not constitute something useful. I’d die of shame if I were ever caught unable to write. The whole concept is ludicrous.
- ilyt 4y agoNot being able to handwrite at all sure, that's kinda illiteracy, but don't need much more than basics.