Inspiration, Perspiration, Desperation, Hallucination

Jan. 9th, 2013 at 8:50 AM

* This came out of a hilarious conversation where divinebird and I decided that if you believe in Book Faeries, you don't clap your hands, you *headdesk* repeatedly and offer up an inkwell full of brandy. (The reason Book Faeries are so scarce is that we've all gone digital.)

Honestly, it made sense at the time!

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midnightblooms

Jan. 9th, 2013 02:25 pm (UTC)

I have a theory that typing is actually diminishing writing skills. The way the brain works when writing by hand is different from when you are typing. Also, writing by hand forces your mind to slow down and focus on the words and sentences while typing encourages speed and imprecision (because you can always backspace and try again). It's pretty long and I won't go into the whole theory here.

Anyway to make a long comment short...I can absolutely see that Book Faeries wouldn't visit as much due to the digitization of the writing process. (And they would drink brandy from inkwells.)

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dawn_metcalf

Jan. 9th, 2013 02:28 pm (UTC)

I actually agree with you that it uses a completely different portion of the brain and makes us stop to think, etc. but I also know that my hand will give out writing long before typing and that C&P feature is an absolute g-dsend for me.

I vowed I'd start a letter-writing campaign so that kids would write at least one letter to someone to experience how differently it looks, feels, is to write a hand-written letter, to wait for it, and to receive one in the mail. It's worlds different from email that it might as well be another universe and I don't know if they ever will experience it.

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midnightblooms

Jan. 9th, 2013 03:40 pm (UTC)

As someone who spends all day typing on a computer (and, yes, C&P is the greatest invention ever), I'm not giving up typing anytime soon. And I'm pretty much like the dogs in UP..."TECH!" when the new, hot techno-gadget-thingie comes out. (I love shiny new gadgets.) (Shiny.)

But I do think schools, in particular elementary and middle schools, shouldn't be so quick to introduce kids to technology, or rather to abandon the skills of handwriting and writing by hand. High school, where essay-length increases exponentially each year, is soon enough to start kids typing.

*puts down crotchety old-lady hat and cane*

I love the letter-writing idea! I make my kids write letters and thank you notes by hand. They are so much fun to read and I know the family really loves getting them.

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dawn_metcalf

Jan. 14th, 2013 07:52 pm (UTC)

;-) I hear ya!

*waves own crotchety old-lady hat and cane*

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