PhilB said,
"its apparent that the writers i mentioned put MUCH THOUGHT into the words they used."
I look for less and less letter writing as time goes by. My grandchildren will not be taught cursive in their schools. I guess the emphasis will be on typing on a keyboard. The world is changing with technology but is it for the better?
On September 10th i posted about the demise of letter writing.Yesterday an envelope came in the mail...did we purchase stamps ? Did someone send payment ? Even better it was a wonderful typewritten letter from one of our Stamporama members. It was everything a letter should be,chatty,informative and urging me to write a letter a week if possible.The written word does touch souls.
"The written word does touch souls."
I'm a retired Math teacher, I retired 6 years ago. A couple years before I retied I had to change from writing to printing. I had a white board (not a smart board at that time) and would still write out the occasional word problem. This was high school, grades 10 to 12. I had a kid tell me one day in class something similar to this: "Sir, sorry but I can't read all that curly stuff". I asked the rest of this class and several more were having problems. By now cursive is a thing of the past, as is grammar and spelling! I don't like it much, but I guess I can see the point - after all, we don't really need logarithms or long division any more. If you want to see how bad things have become find some of Jay Leno's walkabouts on YouTube, he asks people on the street very simple questions and the results are amazing. I remember one young lady from Texas who had no idea where Mexico was. I'm not making fun of Americans, Canadians really are no better now!
Harvey,
cursive is still taught, especially in more holistic schools that understand the LINKING of letters helps some students more easily produce a word, rather than individual sounds.
John Burroughs and his fellow naturlist and hiker Theodore Roosevelt replied to every letter they received. I am sure they had better things to do but i imagine they thought that was the proper behavior for educated gentlemen. I have to admit in the past 20 years or so i have not been writing many letters. I will write short notes to trading partners..but we each know what the other collects anyway.Its a shame if letter writing is lost..because its apparent that the writers i mentioned put MUCH THOUGHT into the words they used.
re: Letter writing
PhilB said,
"its apparent that the writers i mentioned put MUCH THOUGHT into the words they used."
re: Letter writing
I look for less and less letter writing as time goes by. My grandchildren will not be taught cursive in their schools. I guess the emphasis will be on typing on a keyboard. The world is changing with technology but is it for the better?
re: Letter writing
On September 10th i posted about the demise of letter writing.Yesterday an envelope came in the mail...did we purchase stamps ? Did someone send payment ? Even better it was a wonderful typewritten letter from one of our Stamporama members. It was everything a letter should be,chatty,informative and urging me to write a letter a week if possible.The written word does touch souls.
re: Letter writing
"The written word does touch souls."
re: Letter writing
I'm a retired Math teacher, I retired 6 years ago. A couple years before I retied I had to change from writing to printing. I had a white board (not a smart board at that time) and would still write out the occasional word problem. This was high school, grades 10 to 12. I had a kid tell me one day in class something similar to this: "Sir, sorry but I can't read all that curly stuff". I asked the rest of this class and several more were having problems. By now cursive is a thing of the past, as is grammar and spelling! I don't like it much, but I guess I can see the point - after all, we don't really need logarithms or long division any more. If you want to see how bad things have become find some of Jay Leno's walkabouts on YouTube, he asks people on the street very simple questions and the results are amazing. I remember one young lady from Texas who had no idea where Mexico was. I'm not making fun of Americans, Canadians really are no better now!
re: Letter writing
Harvey,
cursive is still taught, especially in more holistic schools that understand the LINKING of letters helps some students more easily produce a word, rather than individual sounds.