I enjoy writing immensely. Don’t
get mad at me for saying this but I don’t believe that writing is sitting at a
computer and typing, that is called typing. That is my opinion and I won’t
change it. Maybe I am old fashioned that way, or maybe I just hate computers. I
write everything out ling hand on paper before I type it. You might think it
take me longer to do anything, why not just type it first? After all I’m going
to need to type it anyway, right? Why not just “write” once? I just don’t work
that way, I get in front of a keyboard and all I can think is, why do I have to
press shift to get a question mark? Good Question? Also why is the @ sign up
with the numbers? That’s not a common
key @ all. And to make it worse I have to lift both hands off the keyboard to
look where they are. How decided where the keys go in the first place?......Back
to what I was talking about, writing. I just have more ideas that come to me
when I out it on paper. I am constantly writing my wife notes and letters.
Writing helps me organize what I am thinking and feeling in all aspects of my
life.
I like your point Miller about typing being typing, and writing being writing. I think you are correct about that. It also seems like good practice to write something out before you try to type a completed project. However, I could never do what you do. My computer crashed on my earlier this month, and the two weeks it was down were the hardest of my college career! I was lost without having my computer to take notes on. I have lost the skill of being able to write neatly by hand, and I cannot do it quickly at all. Keep up the hand writing, you never know when you might need it! Trust me!
ReplyDeleteI used to be like you...because I was raised with hand-writing in high school, that used to be the most comfortable way for me to write. However, since that time, I have had to switch to computers more, and so now computers are the most comfortable way for me to express my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI know that, for many contemporary students, texting is now how they feel most comfortable expressing themselves. I know that I-pads now have a function where they can turn their keyboards into texting screens so texters can feel more "at home."
I think that many schools now are so pencil-and-paper, even though many students don't like that medium very much. What's the solution? Giving students opportunities to submit assignments in different ways? I don't know.
Thanks for your posting!