Today is National Handwriting Day 2011
National Handwriting Day was the invention of the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association and was inaugurated to remind us of the importance of Handwriting as a skill and a means of communication and personal identification. Never has this concept been more important than now, when the digital age tricks us into thinking that it would be perfectly fine if handwriting were to become obsolete. Here are the just 5 reasons why it wouldn't:
- Handwriting as an activity involves more of the human brain than any other activity except for speech. "Use it or lose it....."
- For most people, the act of writing is slower than the act of keyboarding. Sometimes it is a good idea to slow things down and consider more carefully what one is communicating.
- Let's not lose the ability to communicate more personally - Computers are great, but let's not put all our communication eggs in that one basket.
- The act of learning to write plays a special part in the development of young brains, and should not be discarded thoughtlessly.
- The skilled handwritten signature is still an excellent method of identifying an individual and a document.
I found the above information here. Are you going to write something today? I think I will fill up my fountain pen that was a high school graduation present and see if I can still write as beautifully as I once could. I still have a bottle of permanent black ink. See one of my previous posts on this subject with some flash cards to download and print.