11th December, 2025.
Hmmm …
Something the Today programme’s been talking is relatively simple.
Is the idea of using what it describes as ‘digital screens’ — laptops, tablets, what have you — for school exams.
I’m in two minds about that.
On the one hand … ?
It could leave students open to accusations of cheating, exam markers open to accusations of interference, give dyslexics even more problems, cost schools and families a fortune in new kit …
And lord knows how many other issues!
On the other hand … ?
I’m left handed.
I’ve always found writing by hand to be uncomfortable at best, painful at worst, and extremely messy.
It left me — ha! — with ink-stained fingers, and messy cuffs.
It was slow, as well. I’m half convinced I’d’ve done better at school exams, had I been taught to write faster.
By contrast? I’ve always found typing — whether on a computer, phone, tablet or an old fashioned typewriter — a lot less painful.
And rapid.
So, yes: while I think problems with this need to be addressed, and addressed from the get-go, I can also see one problem for which this is a very good solution.
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