[ransomnote]

I agree.
Here’s a link about how writing “by hand” triggers different areas of the brain compared with tracing letters or keyboarding.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=0

Here’s an odd quote from the next link:
“ Our new U.S. Secretary of the Treasury can’t (or won’t) write his own name on the new money being “

and

“Yet scientists are discovering that learning cursive is an important tool for cognitive development, particularly in training the brain to learn “functional specialization”[2] (link is external)—that is, the capacity for optimal efficiency. In the case of learning cursive writing, the brain develops functional specialization that integrates both sensation, movement control, and thinking. Brain imaging studies reveal that multiple areas of brain become co-activated during the learning of cursive writing of pseudo-letters, as opposed to typing or just visual practice.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201303/why-writing-hand-could-make-you-smarter

[Original Lurker]

You second link supports the point I was making with my first post to this thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3341688/posts?page=39#39

School days, school days,
Dear old golden rule days.
‘Readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic,
Taught to the tune of a hick’ry stick.

‘Nuff said... :-)