“In the age of emailing letters to Santa instead of writing physical letters, Laura McInerney of The Guardian asks ‘why must students write exams with a pen?’. Hardly any of us write letters anymore. Indeed, other than signing your name – when is the last time you actually wrote by hand? I note very few students in my classes actually taking notes with pen and paper …” (more)
[Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 21 December]