All the World's A Stage

February 27, 2009 -

John Heald -

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Yesterday, I had to write out a security report. I can’t tell you what it was about yet but maybe in a few weeks I can. It’s nothing to worry about and the point I am trying to make here has nothing to do with the report other than I had to write it using something called ………….. a pen…………and the words just wouldn’t flow.

Am I part of the last generation for whom handwriting was taught as a vital skill and it got me thinking that in the near future, handwriting will only be used by people who keep a diary? I suspect that there are young people today who have never received a letter written on paper and mailed in an envelope with a “stamp.”

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