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Without keyboards, working in an office can sound really lame – going by today’s standards.
Not so long ago, neat script’s importance was told to children with the help of special handwriting lessons, The Sun reported.
However, the scenario has changed now.
Headteacher Angela Daly, of Cranbrook Grammar School in Kent, says: “I’ve been teaching for 40 years and, obviously, there has been a huge rise in the use of computers.
“I would be horrified to think nobody will be writing in 100 years. It’s a great art. Having said that, for students who find handwriting a burden, word processing can work wonders.”
Calling for a return to former standards, Kitty Burns Florey, author of Script And Scribble: The Rise And Fall Of Handwriting, says: “Maybe a couple of times a week pupils could produce something handwritten that is partly judged on its legibility, or even its beauty.”
The decline of pen and paper could also spell the end for graphology — the study of handwriting to reveal a writer’s character.
Perthshire-based expert Jan Harrison says: “You can tell a lot about people’s personalities from the movements in their natural script. Often people with the worst handwriting are the most intelligent. They think, and write, very quickly. I would hate to see a world with no handwriting. It would mean the loss of a wonderful skill and a useful insight into people’s personalities.”
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Its true that the use of keyboards and cellpones has increased and have become a major means of communication....yet it is upto us to retain the art of handwriting...each individual can encourage the people around him to use pen and paper more frquently...as it is said walk what you talk and talk what you can walk...