Out of the two basic ways to write, some people enjoy writing the old fashion way with a pen and paper. Others take a more modern approach using a computer and keyboard. Attending elementary school in the big computer boom era of the mid-nineties, my generation was one of the first to actually have a “computer lab” type of class. Since those days every word assignment I have ever had was completed using a computer. If I ever used a pen and paper and pen it is only to take quick notes that are barley legible, only to transfer them on to a computer at a later time. It is the only way to get the most out of my writing. In the article “Take a Leap into Writing” by Craig Wynne, he compares writing to skydiving. He says that when you are writing
On Friday night, the annual Ely TIgers vs. DIllard Panthers football game was played. On the last play of the 4th quarter, Donnell Wilson made a touchdown pass that won the game. Although some say that the catch was not that great, I think it was due to the fact that he passed his defensive back, leaped to make the catch,and scored the winning touchdown. Part of what made this a great catch was Donnell leaping into the air to catch it. “Wilson made a leaping catch and landed safely in the end-zone capping an improbable come from behind win for the Tigers.”
Diagnostic Many people have written the way Quindlen talks about in her essay, it does help some individuals with what they may be going through. I have written the same way and it has helped me get through tough times. The experience was hard to get through because sometimes people want what may be happening to end and not relive it. Although, writing can help anyone escape from their problems and get their problems out.
In her essay "Does Texting Affect Writing?", Michaela Cullington presents her argument that texting does not impact formal writing written by students. She discusses the concerns presented by many people about how texting language can transfer into writing, but through the use of personal experiences and credible sources she discusses how this is not true. Her use of multiple different studies and situations help boost her argument and allow the reader to truly see how students actually do formal writing. She presents a strong argument as to why those who believe students don't have the control and knowledge to write formally, instead of with text speak, are wrong.
In “What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades,” Maria Konnikova explains that handwriting develops better thinking skills, and makes the process of learning easier. According to Konnikova, the Common Core standards only encourage legible writing in kindergarten and first grade. In contrast, professors now make emphasize on the students to be proficient on typing on the keyboard. Based on a study, children who physically wrote a letter demonstrated that specific areas of their brain were functioning. While the children who watched other people writing the letter, did not had the same effect.
In today’s society, we are leaning more toward a keyboard than classic handwriting, which is becoming a horrible idea. If we redirect and depend on computers for everything and they all stop working because we were holding them to a higher standard our world would come to a huge problem. Technology is always having difficulties, between jamming and not turning on all the time it will become a big waste of time. In today’s society if you have a paper due it should be handed in using MLA format, typed.
Writing wakes up the brain like nothing else. In fact, learning to write in cursive is shown to enhance brain development. Cursive handwriting stimulates the brain, something you can 't get from printing and typing. As a result, the act of writing in cursive leads to increased comprehension and participation. Interestingly, a few years ago, the College Board found that students who wrote in cursive for the essay portion of the SAT scored slightly higher than those who printed.
Name: Eamon Flynn Period: 6 Essay: Synthesis FRQ Scoring: Q1 Synthesis, Q2 Rhetorical Analysis, Q3 Argument Thesis: ___/ 1 Evidence & Commentary ___/ 4 Sophistication ___/ 1 When most people see kids learning in school, most people think of the kids learning English, math, science, reading, and social studies. No one thinks of cursive or writing classes. Handwriting and penmanship have been around for a long time.
Carr cites multiple experts, and views from the opposing side in his argument. This balances the article and brings fairness to his bias. Carr references multiple respected historical figures, and their opinions of technology. Carr utilizes Plato’s Phaedrus, where Socrates “bemoaned the development of writing” (326). Socrates was fearful of the future that mass writing may hold, as people came to rely on writing instead of carrying knowledge in their minds.
In her essay “Does Texting Affect Writing?” Michaela Cullington addresses the issue of text messaging possibly causing poor communication skills and the use of textspeak, abbreviations used during text messaging such as “LOL” and “g2g,” in students’ formal writing. Cullington argues that “texting actually has a minimal effect on student writing” (pg. 367). She addresses the opposition directly, even citing credible sources. However, she also cites credible sources with better information to support her point, and even conducts an experiment of her own.
In her study, Lunsford collected thousands of student writing samples from a five-year period, specifically from 2001-2006 (Thompson 157). The findings of her study are gripping. She found that because young people do much of their communicating via online forums, the additional keystrokes are fundamental in reviving their ability to write (Thompson 157). A whopping thirty-eight percent of all writing done by Stanford students during this study occurred outside of the classroom (Thompson 157). This piece of information alone may be indication enough that her logic was strategic.
From reading the article, “Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away”, by James Doubek, a NPR journalist that interviews Pam A. Mueller of Princeton University. I agree with the idea that taking notes on pen and paper are better for recalling information. “Because people can type faster than they write, using a laptop will make people more likely to try to transcribe everything they 're hearing,"(Mueller). When students just type what they hear involuntarily, they are not processing the information; the students are typing without thinking. In a similar article, “What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades,” written Maria Konnikova, a journalist that interview several scientists, quotes Daniel M. Oppenheimer, psychologists at the University of California,
Not So Fast”, conducts her own study with a few colleagues to take notes on how students writing skills are changing. She decides to conduct another one twenty five years later to see how much the writing skills have changed since technology has been updated and became more available to students. She found that “students today are writing more than ever before.” Although we still have the same amount of writing errors as before, the patterns of errors are different. Many people argue that technology is only making our writing skill worse, this study helps to prove a different theory.
Writing is a vital part of life. Before the creation of written language human communication was limited to verbal, in-person conversations. Everything changed when writing allowed thoughts and ideas to travel farther and more efficient than ever before. Writing is a talent that we learn at an early age and only hone as we proceed through our academic careers. This being said, as with any talent every writer has strengths and weaknesses.
Writing is not just about coming up with ideas and jotting them down on paper saying that it is your story because if it is then it is half done, and readers would not want to read what you have to say about how you feel on an experience that you have explored. Writing is about going through experiences and jotting those experiences down on paper and putting them in order so that the reader can understand what experiences you went through to get to the point that you have come to. Writing is a way to write you feel and to make it easy so that you do not have to speak what is on your mind. In my opinion writing can be my favorite thing to do because I like to write but when it comes to me speaking, I get nervous and do not know what to say when I get in front of a crowd. Writing can also be a way to get out of things such as if you want to break up with someone, tell your parents something that is bad that you do not want to tell them in person, talk to a doctor in a message just in case if your friends are
These days people people do not sit down rarely even write, they type, they are swayed with the status quo into believing the quicker the better, why waste so much time doing something when it can be done for you so quickly? And if you do this you will have more time to do other things; “Very small proportions of adults use cursive for their day-to-day writing. Much of our communication is done on a keyboard, and the rest is done with print.” (Polikof, M.