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Someone fucked up my room reservation at the site camp :( As a result I'll spend the night at the only hotel on the island instead. Their only free room was a suite :) not too expensive, so I don't expect flak from the project manager (who may be guilty of the fuck-up ...)
 
It's the camp at a gas plant where I am working this week. Since it is located well away from the nearest town, they have a barrack camp for accomodation. Relatively comfortable, but the only luxury is individual bathrooms.
 
It is. For me :D the only negative for me was the hassle. No comfy couch on the room I would normally be in, but I'm sitting in one now. Listening to the storm outside.
 
I heard that in Finland, kids don't have to (learn to) write anymore. Writing literally with a pen.

Some disadvantages when there's no handwriting anymore (uttered on TV, by scientists): less challenge for the brain, less good for memory.
 
I don't believe that. Do you have a source, Foro? I find it highly unlikely that educated people, experienced in education and work with children, would give up on one of the crucial factors in developing fine motor skills. Writing is not just literacy; in pre-school and early school years it is formative for the overall cognitive development and is directly linked to class performance, confidence and independence.
 
Ariana said:
I don't believe that. Do you have a source, Foro? I find it highly unlikely that educated people, experienced in education and work with children, would give up on one of the crucial factors in developing fine motor skills. Writing is not just literacy; in pre-school and early school years it is formative for the overall cognitive development and is directly linked to class performance, confidence and independence.
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I agree with the importance, Ariana. I saw an item on how there's some development in the Netherlands as well (e.g. schools with 250 iPads), but it was literally said that in Finland at the moment they find typing more important than writing. I just searched and found this:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-30146160
From autumn 2016, students won't have to learn cursive handwriting or calligraphy, but will instead be taught typing skills, the report says.
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Wow, check this out:

Speed-texting and touch-typing are set to reign supreme in Finland’s schools where the requirement to master traditional cursive handwriting is being dropped from the curriculum.

From 2016 onwards, Finnish children will no longer be taught joined-up writing. Instead, the emphasis will be on touch typing and the most efficient way of composing a text message.

These skills will be "more relevant to everyday life", said the Finnish board of education. In taking this step, Finland is following the example of America, where 43 states no longer require the teaching of cursive handwriting in public schools.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...yping-rather-than-handwriting-in-schools.html
 
Odd. I would never think of handwriting as useless. Once it has been mastered, it could be replaced with typing lessons, but in elementary school?
 
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