will this be a forgotten method of communication within 50 years? i have to say, i wouldn't be sorry to see the back of it. i remember having cramp after sitting many a written exam and my writing is not that fantastic so i think it would be a good thing if it's days are numbered. i read the other week about a school who have pretty much replaced handwriting with typing/laptop use including exams. does anyone know how they get around the opportunity for pupils being able to cheat during exams?
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I couldnt imagine that being a good idea though to be honest.
English language includes spelling and grammar. They would just use spell check all the time.
In fact why would people feel the need to learn to spell if they didnt need to and everything was just corrected automatically
English language includes spelling and grammar. They would just use spell check all the time.
In fact why would people feel the need to learn to spell if they didnt need to and everything was just corrected automatically
i was thinking about this and i believe that this may possibly be the way things go. it will completely overhaul how people learn the language imo
What would happen if there was a massive solar storm in the future like the one in the USA at the beginning of last century?If we have a big one which we are supposed to be due then allot of electrical equipment will be fried and any infrastructure that we rely on will take years to repair.People will have to start learning to write from scratch as all laptops/phones ect will be ******.
surely we face that problem anyway and for more important things?
I've done exams on a laptop before, it isn't "bring your own" and they are not connected to the internet. Wasn't aware of anything to stop me plugging a USB stick in etc but I assume that can be locked down.
Bit different for me though as I've always been sat on my own with an invigalator away from other students sitting the exam, bit hard to cheat in a one-to-one situation even if I'd wanted to
As a general point I found handwritten exams very hard and I never finish them. I'm visually impaired and my hardwriting is quite poor and slow, which is why I was taught to touch-type (on a typewriter!) at Primary school.
In terms of empirical data for my open university exams the two exams I was allowed to do on a laptop I achieved a Pass with Merit for both (compared to just a Pass for all the handwritten exams). My average score is about 20% higher doing exams on a laptop compared to handwritten. I think its fantastic not only because I can write much faster and actually complete exams in the alloted time, it also means no problems with handwriting legibility, and makes editing things much easier (no crossing out, no random asterisks/arrows/superscript required to add extra bits etc).
how did the other pupils feel about this? i know that school children love to pick up on something a little 'different'
I still write from time to time, simply because in certain ways taking notes is easier with a pen and paper as you can draw diagrams or formulas easier, but for the most part I very rarely write anything as computer/laptop/smartphone is often easier and for me faster.
The downside to me very rarely using a pen and paper though is that last year when I did one of my OU exams that involved writing a few thousand words in 3 hours my was painful after the first 45 min. Also what doesn't help is that my handwriting was never good, I could write fast but then only I could read it, or I could write in a way others could read it but it was much slower. And compared to the speed and duration for which I can type pen and paper has some big disadvantages.
Will handwriting be forgotton in 50 years? No, for the simple fact that its still a useful skill in a lot of situations and is often the most accessible method of recording information at a time.
The downside to me very rarely using a pen and paper though is that last year when I did one of my OU exams that involved writing a few thousand words in 3 hours my was painful after the first 45 min. Also what doesn't help is that my handwriting was never good, I could write fast but then only I could read it, or I could write in a way others could read it but it was much slower. And compared to the speed and duration for which I can type pen and paper has some big disadvantages.
Will handwriting be forgotton in 50 years? No, for the simple fact that its still a useful skill in a lot of situations and is often the most accessible method of recording information at a time.
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There will always be written word, you cant daub graffiti otherwise
time could be used to learn something more usefull
You still need to learn to spell to use a spell checker. For a start it only shows correct ones if you are close to the correct spelling, you can then only select the right one if you know which one to select.
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Currently, people don't feel the need to speak properly, correctly spoken English is generally practiced outside of England nowadays, and by people speaking it as a second language.
Going by some of the posts in this thread, I think certain people gave up trying to spell or use grammar correctly as it is.
Tips:
1. A comma is NOT the same as a full stop
2. Once a full stop is used, the next word starts with a capital letter.
3. Paragraphs, what a great invention.
Tips:
1. A comma is NOT the same as a full stop
2. Once a full stop is used, the next word starts with a capital letter.
3. Paragraphs, what a great invention.
Writing maths is pretty much impossible to do at any sort of speed on a computer. Writing by hand will stay if just for that.
Though it would be quite funny if in the future, the only people who write English by hand regularly are scientists and engineers
Though it would be quite funny if in the future, the only people who write English by hand regularly are scientists and engineers
Well although I learnt to type I still did 95% of stuff handwritten, it was only really stuff like homework that I tended to type (this was in the late80s-mid90s when handing in printed work was very rare), so they probably rarely saw me typing.
In general I don't remember getting bullied or teased or anything over it, that tended to just be more generally about the fact I have rubbish eyesight, being told to "open my eyes" (due to cataracts they would often be fairly closed when outdoors), telling everyone to hit the ball towards me in rounders, some snidey comments or whatever.... the fact I would type some stuff never really came into it.