In today's society, our children are typing and texting, using mouses, touch-screen keyboards, and etc. Children are no longer being taught handwriting. Don't get me wrong, I am not in love with handwriting. I feel as though I type faster than I write. When I make a mistake or misspelling, I can simply backspace and re-type. While when writing, if I make a mistake, I must have an erasable pen, a bottle of white out or a white out pen.
Recently, I came across an issue where I typed a letter for my client and my signature line was a typed version of my name. The third party rejected the letter because it did not have my signature. I signed the letter. However, upon my recent middle school observation, children are no longer being taught handwriting. How will our children know how to sign their names if they have never been taught?
With the advantages of text and email, this means our days of lengthy writing has become a shortened abbreviated, emoticon discussion. Our youth do not have typing classes. I mean the old-school QWERTY typing class of old. Of course I learned on a typewriter, but today's youth still needs to know the correct placement of fingers on a keyboard, so they can type efficiently.
Is it possible to have a handwriting and typing class taught together? In the real world, we still have to sign our names on the dotted line, sign your check at the bank, sign your name on the credit card slip at the grocery store and etc. Rachel Rodriguez agrees with me, click here to read about Cursive vs. Typing. Please give your feedback on whether you believe handwriting should be taught alongside typing or at all.
