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End looms for handwritten exams in Scottish schools

It’s unfortunate that Scottish education is choosing to ignore the evidence that learning to write by hand is exceptionally beneficial to brain development and as such should be promoted as a vital part of education and exams. – Lowly Pheasant We really are trying to get to the point where learning is no longer needed. We started by allowing calculators to be used in exams. Now we have people who cannot count and let’s not forget there are children leaving school who cannot read or write. – I know you know Handwriting can be a thing of beauty giving a guide to the personality of the writer. When the battery is flat or the power down how will people communicate in writing if the skill is lost? – Aristotle Stupid move that fixes nothing; rather address the hand writing problem than sweep it under the carpet. – david Idiocy – spelling is poor so let them use spellcheckers; grammar and punctuation are poor so let’s ignore them; handwriting is bad so let’s ditch it. – bramley