The headline of the Straits Times article "Wired teens = 'Ant' writing" captures my attention this morning.
Several people complaint about the 'ant' writing - in particular, teachers who do lots of marking, and especially those who mark scripts with lots and lots of text... hahahah... in a way, Maths teachers are spared from the enomorous amount of text apart from numbers... Hey, wait a minute, we have our difficulty to decipher "5" from "8", "1" from "7"...we have our fair share too...
On the other hand, was talking to a few participants when attended a workshop a few days ago. It started from saying, for primary pupils who are currently in the FutureSchools @ Singapore programme, they are so adept with the use of technology... and what if they are subsequently posted to schools that use less technology... how adaptable are these pupils?
I was also relating my personal experience... when I become so handicapped when required to write with pen and paper! Felt the impact when was tasked to write a short 250 words essay a few months back as a course entry requirement. It was a struggle... somehow, it lacks the flexibility of organising the thoughts... oh yes, among the candidates in that room, think I'm the only one prepared with the correction tape!
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