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Comment on Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead

aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Other benefits of writing on paper:

doesn’t get “accidentally” deleted
doesn’t get “accidentally” copied
doesn’t get uploaded to a cloud
isn’t used to train AI
can’t be edited or redacted by another party after the fact

It also feels good. Especially if you go out and buy a nice pen. And it gives your work a degree of object permanence.

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frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Dogs eat it though. I’ve never heard “the dog ate my Chromebook”.

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- Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  No but screens crack, they lose the chargers, there are excuses
  
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  - biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    And the classic “I just took it out of my bag and it was like that”
    
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- W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You’ve not had the right dog.
  
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Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Fountain pens for the win, nothing as nice as writing cursive with a good, wet fountain pen. I learned in primary and hated it, and then got obsessed with calligraphy in 10th grade and got a proper fountain pen and good ink and fell in love with the experience.

Learning to write well is really wonderful. I wish I had learned properly in school, instead of having to teach myself. I will teach my offspring, though! If I ever have any — not looking so promising in the current climate. As in political, but also climate change.

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