writing helps people retain information. I learned this from a study by Pam Mueller and Daniel
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. Those children braid did not had any pattern of leaning the letter. This means that when a children trace a massy letter, they are more likely to learn it because
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.
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,
Life is like a decaying house; it presents one with myriad challenges. Challenges are inherent to life, so individuals are required to buckle down and, begrudgingly, face them. Most dislike the numerous challenges they confront, but, with time, they eventually grow to accept them. When a challenge is necessary, the individual fulfills it; however, is this still true for unnecessary challenges? Do people still buckle down and face them? From my experience, it depends on the task and its reward. One such task is learning cursive writing; some believe it is necessary and has vast rewards, while others believe it is useless and a relic of the past. It seems everybody is on one side or the other, but which side has better arguments?
Growing up, children have nicknames, mine was "lemonade" because when life gave me lemons I made lemonade out of any situation. When I was given this nickname I was unaware of the trials I would later face in life, but as always I made lemonade out of the situations.
Similarly to Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” Ballou also uses ethical and emotional appeals. He opens the letter by using an ethical appeal to say to his wife that, “If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my country, I am ready.” Ballou is deeply invested in giving up his life for his country, he indicates the significance of being dedicated to his country through war. By him using an ethical appeal he is appealing to his wife’s morals. It also creates a sense of him as trustworthy, honorable, and creditable. Even though the focus of his letter is to explain to her as to why he is choosing to serve and die, Ballou also states how much he loves his wife. He is having an internal conflict with himself as to who and what he loves more. In his letter, he writes to his wife “ Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but omnipotence could break.” Ballou uses metaphors to overemphasize how much he loves his life, and how nothing could break his love for her except god’s love. However he continues to write “ and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield.” Once more Ballou uses a metaphor to exaggerate the amount of love he feels for his country, he has decided to devote his
Memories are something that every person has, whether it is joyful memories, sad memories, frustrating memories; we all have them. Memories are vital for the stability in our lives. Without memories, we would have no idea of the history of our planet prior to technology. Even the bad memories have their purpose in life. The short, but impactful poem written by Countee Cullen in 1925 â Incident,â perfectly reflects the necessity of capturing memory. Not all
In the fall semester of 2015, my English Composition 1 class with 3 classes-per-week started. To conduct this paper I will briefly describe me. I am a freshman with the major of Petroleum Engineering. This information is relevant, in fact, because I will compare my expected major writing and the writing I am using right now. In a way to introduce me to future academic writings, the course of English Composition 1, indeed, has taught me important skills that can help me cope for future non-major required courses for me and in some aspects of my major. First, with the help of the “Create a Research Space” (CARS) Model of Research Introductions by writer and linguist John Swales, I learned how to decipher some readings by famous writers such
What does writing mean to me? Writing means getting people engaged in your piece. It means people wanting to keep reading what you wrote. The biggest thing about writing to me is expressing your thoughts and letting your mind go. Using good word choice and having a strong voice in the writing is something that makes it good. Also not leaving people wondering about what is happening makes a good piece of writing. I know when I have written something well, when I feel very confident in it. As I’m reading through it, I want to keep reading it. Also when I don’t feel the need to go back and add more words or details because I already had. That is how I know when I have written my best.
In “Should Everybody Write?” by Dennis Baron —a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois— argues that a lot more people are writing due to technological advancement. Earlier technology such as the pen, typewriter, and the printing press have expanded who gets to write. Today, the computer and the internet allows anyone to be a writer as Baron simply states “thanks to the computer and the internet, anyone can be a writer: all you need is a laptop, a Wi-Fi card, and a place to sit at Starbucks” (840). People can “bypass the usual quality controls set by reviewers, editors and publishers” (841). While nowadays anyone can publish their writing without trouble it wasn’t always that way.
How often do you sit down and take the time to write? A lot? Almost never? You might be saying close to never and telling yourself there 's no need to be writing on a daily basis. However, that may be the case because you haven 't taken a deep look into all the reasons for why writing is so essential. Writing can help you in life through ways you never thought possible. Once you find out the importance of writing it might make you think twice about learning good writing skills. Knowing how to write well is a crucial skill to have, and I hope that everyone can take the time to learn some.
As little kids, we would draw scribbles with pen and paper, and around the age five or six, we start to learn how to read and write letters. As a child, I never thought about the importance of writing. It never crossed my mind that I was learning something that will greatly affect me in the future. The idea of being able to jot down some of my thoughts on a piece of paper amazed me. A year later, I started writing sentences, which eventually turned into paragraphs, and finally, around fifth grade, I was able to write an essay. The
The method of research, citing facts, and brainstorming ideas was very intense in this class. Reading various arguments debating the topic I want to write on, was very challenging and time consuming. In this reflection essay I want to show how researching process was vital on changing my writing style. Also, what I’ve learned in English 105 class after a great summer semester with lots of material to learn from. Researching was drastically important, making every paper I made heavily based on research. Research is in fact the scientific method of writing and the way to make a certain topic clear with the support of citation.
The ability to write well is very useful for our personal and professional lives. It helps students, business people, politicians, writers, bloggers, marketers and everyone who has ever needed to arrange words together to convey ideas or opinions. The written word has become an essential means of social communication: mastery of it helps you to enthrall and persuade an audience that would look upon you favorably in return.