Summary
At Greenwich Country Day, a prestigious Connecticut private school, computers have all but replaced pencil and paper. Typing instruction starts in second grade, and laptops are mandatory by seventh. Essays are typed, and often class notes are, too.
"As an adult in today's work world, you don't write anything," said Carol Maoz, head of the upper school (grades seven through nine), adding she couldn't think of an occasion students would write out a longhand essay. "You type everything. There really is no need for proper handwriting."See the full content of this document
Extract
Is Putting Pen to Paper Lost Art?
Maybe not -- indeed, even notes get passed in class via text message these days.
But next spring, many of Country Day's alumni, along with millions of other high school juniors, will have to write a ver...See the full content of this document
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