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Subject:Re: The great note-taking divide is coming From:John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com> To:Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> Date:Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:26:56 -0600
The assumption there is that most written communication will take place via computer. For the remaining written content, young people have apparently won the relevancy argument.
You know: it'll be their world. Maybe they're right. Still, I'lI take pleasure in watching a smart-alec say that he can't read my writing.
John A
On Mar 1, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
> On 3/1/2013 9:28 AM, Ward, Teri A wrote:
>> I always thought the whole point of cursive was that it was *faster* than printing each letter separately.
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> Using a computer is faster than writing by hand. By the time kids need to write cursive, they are using computers.
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