The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68747 Message #1906300
Posted By: JohnInKansas
11-Dec-06 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: I Read it in the Newspaper
Subject: RE: BS: I Read it in the Newspaper
"In this age of cell phones, text messages and computer keyboards, one Scottish school has returned to basics.
"It's teaching youngsters the neglected art of writing with a fountain pen.
"…
"Teachers taught too
"The children learn a handwriting style developed by teachers at the school, which charges $12,500 a year. New teachers are also put through a course on how to write with pens — as well as refresher courses on literacy and numeracy — before they are let loose in classes."
Such radical reactionary concepts would never be permitted in my school district!