Showing posts with label Christina Hoff Sommers Write Stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christina Hoff Sommers Write Stuff. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Essential Essays No. 3: The Write Stuff

After a decade of teaching middle-school and high-school students, I had decided that the ability to write attractive, legible penmanship with ease was as important as it was endangered. But it wasn't until I read the essay to which I've linked below that I knew why that ability was important.

I first encountered Christina Hoff Sommers in her books Who Stole Feminism? and The War Against Boys, two of the best books on contemporary issues that I've ever read. Meanwhile, here's a sample of the good professor's own handwriting: