tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post8295536456049169631..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: A tiny protrusionKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-55504264790238778462021-07-30T13:13:02.925+01:002021-07-30T13:13:02.925+01:00Thank you, Kirsten, for reading this post! So, Ind...Thank you, Kirsten, for reading this post! So, Indians are not the only ones afflicted with protrusions resulting from writing hard! I like the term you use - 'honorary token'! Yes, the computer - and internet - has changed everything about reading & writing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048991356379421991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30213353525828334302021-07-28T12:18:34.978+01:002021-07-28T12:18:34.978+01:00Same problem, or honorary token, from writing my m...Same problem, or honorary token, from writing my masters in sociology in the 80s...Thanks for bringing back that memory with your blog, the computer has surely changed some things for the better 😁Kirsten Betthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16550668028537655925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-1207424285382747842021-07-27T17:43:13.821+01:002021-07-27T17:43:13.821+01:00Thank you so much, Cecilia, for reading my post &a...Thank you so much, Cecilia, for reading my post & sharing your anecdotes!<br />You were precocious... weren't you... to write 4 chapters at a go at such a tender age. Few people know their calling as you did!!! As for the redundancy of written exams... we don't know it, at least in this part of the world. Though I must add that, for most of the academic year, students do submit their tutorial assignments etc. by sending soft copies or else printing out their typed compositions. <br />I type almost everything now, but I still love the touch of pen on paper & do that while preparing notes for my lectures!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048991356379421991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-73304308415754577792021-07-27T11:45:27.093+01:002021-07-27T11:45:27.093+01:00Your post struck a chord with me for several reaso...Your post struck a chord with me for several reasons. First of all I too have a bump in that exact same place! However in my case it was self-inflicted as I started to develop it when I hand-wrote a story in four chapters at the age of 6, soon after first learning to write in fact. I can remember even now, years later, how I sat at the table all afternoon writing in pencil for hours on end, not giving up until it was dark. It was the start of a lifelong writing addiction and I have still not been able to remind myself take a break at sensible intervals even when all my joints ache and my head spins.<br />Also, I remember hand-written exams that went on for hours. I studied history at university so like you there was always too much to write in the time. My handwriting is absolutely dreadful now and I have trouble even signing my name. One of my sons had awful handwriting from the start, as if a very tiny insect had crawled over the page, and his school teacher assured me (in about 1987 or so) that everyone would do exams by computer before long and nobody would have to write by hand, but sadly I think we are still waiting for that day to arrive.Cecilia Peartreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653871639579934396noreply@blogger.com