It’s so interesting reading what Ted Hughes had to say about writing, thank you. As a teacher of younger children, I really see the physical battle of writing every day - and share in it - either writing on a large paper flip with them, or on a page under a visualiser, as well as in their books when I mark. Children still write with pen and pencil at school. When they have finished, they have made something on a page that is very personal to them: their handwriting, crossings out, ink blotches etc The writing books themselves express each child: some creased and dog-eared, some somehow kept pristine, some with rule-busting doodles on by their names on the cover. None of this would be apparent if we went digital.
It’s so interesting reading what Ted Hughes had to say about writing, thank you. As a teacher of younger children, I really see the physical battle of writing every day - and share in it - either writing on a large paper flip with them, or on a page under a visualiser, as well as in their books when I mark. Children still write with pen and pencil at school. When they have finished, they have made something on a page that is very personal to them: their handwriting, crossings out, ink blotches etc The writing books themselves express each child: some creased and dog-eared, some somehow kept pristine, some with rule-busting doodles on by their names on the cover. None of this would be apparent if we went digital.