The great journey back to pen and paper has started in our schools. The last decade has been marked by increased digitalization of every activity in class, but now the virtues of handwriting are being hailed in the media. Why? According to a Japanese study, handwriting makes you more likely to remember the information you receive during a lecture.
Some schools have already gone as far as requiring students to take notes with a pen and paper, completely removing screens from classes. However, not every student is happy with the change of direction. For some, the use of computers during class allowed them to hide the fact that they have dyslexia. For others, it’s about the struggles of relearning to write in an intelligible way.
As we have entered the era of AI, where homework can be written in seconds, switching to pen and paper will at least force the student to write the text generated by the AI, a learning activity in itself. It is a battle won by the school system in the war with the AI revolution – for now.
What else was Denmark talking about this week? The danger of the landslides on the West Coast (one which ended in tragedy for a German family) and the story of Niels Hock, the Danish weapon smuggler who managed to avoid extradition to India after smuggling four tons of weapons to West Bengal to support an independence movement in 1995.
Also, after numerous reports from the Consumer Council about social media influencers who advertise to children, the Ministry of Business has started to pay attention to the issue and has begun the process of tightening legislation.
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