Handwriting Writing Characteristics

Natural variations are the small differences that appear in any repeated samples of a person’s handwriting. Over

Lessons that might have been learned and inspiration that might have been found will be lost” (Porter & Eilts). These words show that in due time, humanity will lose understanding of the written word. We will no longer be able to understand what our ancestors left behind. What they fought hard to make will lose its meaning in a world with no cursive. The handwriting of those many individuals is a personal quality that people in the 20th century can relate to.

Leslie mentions that she is not alone in appreciating the act of handwriting and an author named Philip Hensher wrote an entire book “The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting (and Why It Still Matters) giving Leslie more authority as other people in the world feel the same way. Following that Leslie describes writing as “essentially personal and unique rather then mechanical and mass-produced” appealing to the importance of everyones different personality which Microsoft cant compete

In recent years, the rushing tide of typing has overwhelmed the once necessary skill of handwriting. As the days pass by computers and other 21st century electronics are becoming more and more a part human lives. Gone are the constant needs for pen and paper, often times all that is needed for notetaking is a laptop and working fingers. A recent article published by Anne Trubek titled “Handwriting Just Doesn’t Matter” analyzes the importance of handwriting in the computerized world that is lived in today, as well as through a discussion on the teaching of cursive and other handwriting exercises in schools. Using a mix of pathos, logos, and minor amounts of ethos, Trubek is able to comprehensively convince her audience that handwriting is not as important or useful a skill as it used to be.

Unlike technology in which it does not identify someone, cursive writing has been defined as something unique and special in which it can define

These people would say that handwriting is passe’, or outdated, and that in the future, everyone will be using word processors to do their writing. Education is important, but schools already have ways to get students to write, that doesn’t involve the repetitive time to practice your writing to make it better. They can enforce these rules of writing without having to practice everyday. For instance, homeschooling parents can be quite confused by the subject of handwriting, so whenever Sam Blumenfeld lectures at a homeschool convention, he always asks if parents think that handwriting should be formally taught. Usually the response is unanimously positive. Mr. Blumenfield, raised this statement for parents to think about,“So you agree that teaching your child to write is an important part of you homeschooling curriculum.”, the next question he raises is if you believe that handwriting should be formally taught, he asks “do you believe that your child should be taught manuscript, also known as “ball and stick” first or cursive first?” Most parents assume that “ball and stick should precede cursive, because that’s the way they were taught in school. ( Sam Blumenfeld, The Benefits of Cursive Writing)

Consider how long people have been writing, several thousand years. During this time human civilizations were able to authentically appropriate the act of writing, which still approaches every child learning to write as something inauthentic. There is a place and a meaning and a culture of writing within most cultures today, as we learn to type, and depend on typing more and more, the traditions of writing are becoming displaced. When was the last time you hand wrote a letter? Why bother when we can just e-mail someone immediately? Does not the mediacy of such communication lessen its importance? When you write a letter, you think about what you should say, what you want to say, and what you want to leave unsaid, the timeliness of its delivery

To understand how handwriting and the brain work. First, we need to explore what is going on from a sensory motor perspective. A sensory response is anything that comes in contact with your body that sends a message to your brain about what is happening in the environment around you. When you were in grade school, your teacher told you that you have five senses: vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. They gave you a partial truth, you have seven senses. The ones that you know are examined in the table

“While some argue, cursive writing belongs in the archives and common core ushers it out of schools, the evidence shows we need it as much as ever.” says Jennifer Doverspike. Some people may question why it is still necessary for cursive to be taught in our schools. Especially when we are no longer in the 21st century. Where we have now entered the new age where technology is constantly on the rise, and tablets and iPhones have taken over. This drastic change has allowed our children and adults to take the easier route. Although the electronic world has taken over and has added new elements to the writing world. Researchers have found a strong connection between writing by hand, the mind, language skills, memory and artificial thinking.

There are many writing styles that many people pick up as they go through there many years of schooling. Each person picks up the same type of writing styles but as years go by people seem to pick up there own little types of writing style that separates them from everyone else. As I have gone through many years of English classes I have acquired more and more skills and many more are sure to come as I continue my education. My writing skills have only gotten better from the time of ninth grade English class until today. Since my days back in junior high school I was only taught the basic skills to write papers and since then they have grown to make me a decent writer. I have many strengths and also

The five writings I plan on using are two timed writings, claim of policy, nature vs nurture, and character sketch. I chose to use these essays because they show my progression in writing through the year. They start from my lowest essay to my best eassy.

The consistence question is if handwriting really matter? And the answer is yes. According to Maria Konnikova in her articles “what’s lost as handwriting fades” (Konnikova) (2014) stated that when writing it create more brain activity than using any electronic. As a result many study showed that children who are more efficient in there writing skills will continue to gain more skills as an age; for example learning how to read, generate ideas and also the ability to retain information. Konnikova article stated that in (2014) a study was conducted by Karin James a psychologist at Indiana university shows support that children nowadays who writes free hand shows that they are more sophisticated and increased their activity in multiple part

Sometimes when I look at the writing styles of my peers, be it on social media, emails I can sense a distinction between the different writing styles that are used. When I’m writing whether it be in an email, text or a lab report I try my best to write everything more formally and longhand, which a lot of people tend to overlook in today’s society.

The Physical act of penmanship in cursive leads more comprehension and participation. The fact that the boards found that cursive writers had a slightly more higher score than those who print left experts to believe it's because of the speed and efficiency

When I was in second grade, my Chinese teacher would raise my papers up to the class, beaming with pride. She thought my handwriting was excellent, and a deserving of admiration from my peers. My teacher’s supportive encouragement was the initial reason I became interested in calligraphy.