UK prof says it's time to pitch erasers from classrooms so kids can learn from mistakes
* That's UK professor needs a lobotomy. What an incredibly dumb idea.
* Any 6 year old would tell that stupid professor that erasers are made for those who are willing to correct their mistakes.
* Oh well! 90% of professors are ordinary and mediocre---they have advanced degrees but little common sense and wisdom---that UK professor is among that 90%.
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I do not mind that in early stages of learning they ditch the erasers. Most kids cannot write any thing well. Handwriting is being lost. My kids surprised me when I learnt they ( the girls especially who went to regular school. Son home schooled) could not write cursive fluidly and when they did it was truly horrid. I actually had to take a couple of months to tutor them for an half an hour to an hour a couple of times a week teaching them to write cursive by tricking them it is calligraphy. Imagine the puffed cheeks I had initially teaching them an obsolete art! Well, now they see the befit. The girls especially took it to heart and now like to write. I hate ugly writing. Writing well is not only easy with a few lessons but it is absolutely beautiful. I have mastered a few including Carolingian, Irish half Uncial, Uncial, old English and the standard Spencerian we learnt in school. I think erasers and a lack of emphasis on formal penmanship has led to the decay of good writing habits