Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools

Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by morpheuskafka on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @09:23PM (#37491010)

It's often faster to write down notes while listening than type them out, and you can make quick graphs/tables/etc without formatting hassles. Especially if you would be using a phone and not a real keyboard. That's why police always carry those little notebooks in their pocket.

Additionally, there are many cases where it's possible to type and print something, but faster to just write it. Ex. writing the address on an envelope rather than making one in Word and trying to remember which way the envelopes go into the printer (which inexplicably is the opposite of the picture on the tray).

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Re:Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to... by sneak on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:27AM (#37493355)

Police carry digital video cameras now, not notebooks.

Writing is only faster if you don't know how to type, which is a useful skill that is relevant today and should be taught.

Envelopes and writing on them (and MS Word, for that matter) are more of the same last-century anachronisms. Why are we teaching new people paper-based skills at all? Paper is useless outside of visual art.

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