As a child visiting my father’s office,I was pleased to recognize,in little notes on the desks of his staff,the same handwriting I would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridge—except that those notes were signed “dad” instead of “RFW”.

　　All this has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of Handwriting,a book by Florey.Sire shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well,but many others argue that people in a digital age can’t be expected to learn to hold a pen.

　　I don’t buy it.

　　I don’t want to see anyone cut off from the expressive,personal associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does.For many a biographer,part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their handwriting.

　　What some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16th-century Italy.That may sound impossibly grand—as if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings.However,they have worked in many school systems.

　　本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章,通过一时辨认不出一位老同事的字迹及其回顾,对在电脑冲击下,书法受忽视感到惋惜,并认为中小学应当加强书法教学。

　　1.Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleague’s handwriting?

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