A student handed this in yesterday. An assignment, hand-written, from our trip to the Half-Way Tree Courthouse. For some reason, I appreciate it.
Jamaican Journal
I am a writer, reporter and photographer in beautiful Kingston, Jamaica.
A student handed this in yesterday. An assignment, hand-written, from our trip to the Half-Way Tree Courthouse. For some reason, I appreciate it.
Legibility is important; but I do agree that a written essay is still important for many reasons.
1. The application of pen to paper, a hand eye coordination skill we do not want to loose as well as the physical function of handwriting.
2. The art of individualism in one’s handwriting or script.
3. The visual pleasure of the hand written word versus the printed word ( mechanically).
4. The careful thought involved in placing ink to paper, the commitment to be correct. Spelling, grammar, content and punctuation.
Such a pleasure to know that there are some teachers who still appreciate the ” written word”!