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> Operating a keyboard is not the same at all: all you have to do is press the right key. Well, that's quite a biased notion. I could as well just say that ope
by kruczek 12y ago
> Operating a keyboard is not the same at all: all you have to do is press the right key.
Well, that's quite a biased notion. I could as well just say that operating a pen is just pressing it against the paper, while using a keyboard means a lot more: proper alignment of fingers on the home row, learning which finger should be used for which keys, etc.
- stinos 12y agoTrue, but proper cursive writing requires much finer motor skills then hitting keys on your a typical keyboard. Btw a couple of years ago I noticed I couldn't properly write cursive anymore. Quite a terrifying experience really, finding out a skill I pretty much mastered was now fading away. Due to the rise of the keyboard and a job which made me usually only write diagrams and capitals. So I devoted myself to learning it again and after a couple of weeks I was back at the same level I was in engineering school. Now I really don't care if a pen is mightier than a keyboard, or faster, or better in any way (if it even is). It's just that I consider it another skill, just like typing, or just woodworking, whatnot, and trying to master a skill is what some humans instinctively do.