#WINDOWS 10 HAS RUINED MY COMPUTER SERIES#

'Studies show that it is very important to handwrite,' Dresbold says. I may seldom call on it in these busy days, but when I do, my brain remembers. Constant computer use may have reduced my stamina for writing, but the style I used to take pride in is still there. The more I relaxed about the letters, the more I recognized my old handwriting. I wasn't rushing, as I usually am when scribbling a request to a teacher or taking interview notes. I took Dresbold's advice and wrote slowly, concentrating on the shape of the letters and the flow of the words. Write thank-you letters.'ДЄs an experiment, I set next to me one of the recipes I wrote out in 1994 and tried to copy it. 'Practice, practice, practice,' Dresbold says. The cure for my chicken scratch isn't surprising, and there's no shortcut, dang it. (This is also a good recipe!) She did love to send emails, but wrote by hand much more than she used a computer. My mom's handwriting, seen here in 2003, barely budged over her 91-year life. 'It is possible that lack of use leads to poorer motor control skills.' 'Keyboarding has taken a toll on handwriting for a variety of reasons,' she says. Michelle Dresbold, a handwriting expert and author of 'Sex, Lies and Handwriting,' notes that I'm not necessarily wrong to point the finger at my keyboard. 'But in general it is related to how often handwriting is used when we are using other technology tools for writing.' 'There are specific neurological disorders associated with specific kinds of acquired handwriting disorders,' she notes. My problem is likely tied simply to lack of use.

#WINDOWS 10 HAS RUINED MY COMPUTER SERIES#

'When we compose, we continually have to find letters in ordered series in memory,' Berninger says. In another, they're asked to write the letter that comes before and after the letters named by their teacher. In one, they're asked to print the alphabet in lowercase, then to write it in cursive, recording the number of legible letters. (It's a good cake!)Д«erninger outlined several exercises recommended to help elementary and middle-school students improve their handwriting.

My mom, born in 1922, was never proud of her handwriting, but over the years, it stayed consistent. 'Just like our car engines that need tune-ups periodically, so do human writers need periodic tune-ups of handwriting skills,' Berninger says.

She's also been co-investigator on several studies of the brain and handwriting and co-authored articles and chapters on related studies. Berninger has authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited 16 books, all of which touch on writing in some way. 'It is probably just because you are doing mostly keyboarding and are out of practice, which is normal for any skill,' says Virginia Berninger, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Even a once-proud marathon runner can't expect to loaf off on training for years and jump right back into the flow, right? Like almost everyone out there, my life calls for less cursive writing, and more keyboarding. What happened? I'm no doctor, but it seems obvious. Not really a fair comparison to the recipe since these notes were taken on the fly, but I assure you I seldom write much neater these days.

Windows 10 has ruined my computer