Over the weekend, I decided to run an experiment. I asked each of my friends to write something down on a piece of paper, take a picture of it and send it to me. The point of my exercise was to see if my assumption- that homeschooled kids have worse writing than public-schooled kids; was correct. After seeing a lot of different handwriting, I found that I was correct- my homeschooled friends had FAR worse hand-writing than my friends who go to public school.
I think I know the reason, too. In school, you HAVE to write, and write intelligibly. You have to do this regularly, so over time, your handwriting improves. Being homeschooled for most kids means doing a majority of your homework online and through the computer... where neat handwriting is not taught or required. I still write a bit, because when I do most of my poetry writing it is at night, before bed when I don't have access to a computer. While my handwriting is still messy, it's a bit better than some of the writing I saw... I'm convinced that some of my friends don't write at all, because to be completely honest... I could barely read what they wrote. When it comes down to it, I think that by the time I grow up and have kids... this generation won't be writing at all. By the time my kids are my age now, I doubt anyone will KNOW how to write anymore. Technology is changing the world... and not necessarily for the better. Everyone should at least KNOW how to write... even if it isn't the neatest. In the end... my 5 year old sister has neater and easier to read handwriting than me and all of my home-schooled friends. That should tie up this post pretty well... So, until tomorrow, Maddie
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