The next generation will not be able to write at all. They cannot see what they are writing and the result is commensurate. Young people today grasp writing implements as a gorilla might. That is why books on anatomy prefer artwork to photographs. As Andrew Coyne points out, electronic writing is not a replacement for handwriting any more than photography is a replacement for drawing. Overwhelmed with exuberance for electronic devices, the modern educationalists steadily have lost all sense of proportion. Sadly, they are never liberal enough to consider that they might be wrong in being liberal.
The prophets of progress usually consider themselves liberal. Re: Curses for Cursive’s Decline, Andrew Coyne, June 25 Youth today grasp a pen as a gorilla might
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