handwriting

cm1179 · 31 May 2011 at 19:20

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?

cm1179 · 31 May 2011 at 19:26

J4K3 M said:
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

cm1179 · 31 May 2011 at 19:35

Muzza1875 said:
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?

cm1179 · 31 May 2011 at 19:59

HangTime said:
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.

how did the other pupils feel about this? i know that school children love to pick up on something a little 'different'