tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post7655731554725181757..comments2024-02-22T10:16:38.304-06:00Comments on https://lynfenwick.blogspot.com: Isaac's Penmanship RevisitedLynda Beck Fenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363248580928472769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-50719996570467571432014-01-05T11:09:10.918-06:002014-01-05T11:09:10.918-06:00Dear Blog Fodder, I suspect many students now tak...Dear Blog Fodder, I suspect many students now take notes on some sort of electronic pad. As for love notes on a pillow, I hope they still hand write those! I hate to see cursive become a lost art. I guess I have always regarded cursive as a way to make a personal appearance on paper, and I love receiving handwritten notes and letters from friends. Printing is far less personal, to me, and electronically communicated type even less so, although friends can be made in that fashion!Lynda Beck Fenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363248580928472769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-34681556547070907702014-01-05T11:04:26.316-06:002014-01-05T11:04:26.316-06:00Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your comments. I sh...Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your comments. I share your opinion that penmanship has a great deal to do with the ability to communicate...not only because of legibility but also because communication requires thoughtful consideration as we "think" on paper. Hastily written words are like words spoken too hastily--not always wise nor reflective of one's best reasoning. Further, untidy penmanship seems to me to disrespect the eventual reader of what you have written; it seems to say, "This may be hard for you to read, but that's your problem and not mine." Penmanship shows a certain discipline and personal regard for one's appearance to others, just as taking the time to comb your hair and clean your nails before going out in public shows discipline and regard for appearance. Perhaps the military still respects the importance of personal discipline more than the general society does today... Lynda Beck Fenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363248580928472769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-63807597105826339892014-01-04T21:27:41.303-06:002014-01-04T21:27:41.303-06:00I have a couple comments. I have been a Liaison O...I have a couple comments. I have been a Liaison Officer for the USAF Academy for 21 years. Just during that time period I have seen the decline or complete lack of penmanship. One thing students are evaluated on is the ability to communicate. If they can't write or if they write and I cannot read it they will not get the highest score possible in that area of evaluation and may cause them to seek an education somewhere other than the USAF Academy.<br />Second comment. My mother had beautiful hand writing and it was much better than mine. Before she could graduate from junior high school the Superintendent of Schools had to approve her writing as follows. She had to write a whole page of capital and small letters for each letter and each page had to pass the Super's scrutiny. I believe the most difficult one must have been the letter O both capitalized and small. The O letters had to be connected together on each line. You could do 10 lines perfectly and then mess up on the next line and if you did you would have to start all over on a clean page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-64888165990042655742014-01-01T06:00:20.483-06:002014-01-01T06:00:20.483-06:00Happy New Year, Lyn. I am of two minds regarding ...Happy New Year, Lyn. I am of two minds regarding penmanship or cursive writing. They still need to teach how to read it, though that may happen at University level in a grad research class. I wonder how will people write notes in class or to put on the fridge or leave on a pillow? I guess print them.<br />"The old order changeth, yielding place to new,. And God fulfils himself in many ways,. Lest one good custom should corrupt the world"<br />Sometimes I am glad I am getting old.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com