In a comment on the posted YouTube video, Caroline Quan said "[Technology] is, however, making us lazy. We no longer write with a pen and paper but with a computer program. The use of a computer program eliminates many things such as a rough draft. Because one can make mistakes, fix it without a mess, and then print a final copy, a rough copy is not made. This encourages spontaneous thinking rather than a well-thought out plan. Therefore, a rough copy is much better to have, even though most people don’t make a rough copy because they are too lazy. This lethargy is due to the advanced technology of computer."
I want to emphasize that this is WHY I AM MAKING YOU WRITE YOUR NOTEBOOKS IN LONGHAND. Your AP exam is written in longhand, so I want you to learn/relearn how to write/think on paper with a PEN in your hand. (Please don't use pencil; I'll ask you to rewrite it.) Composing on paper is a completely different process that involves different brain pathways, requires a different kind of stamina, and demands an "on-your-feet" sort of revision process.
Therefore...you little Neatniks, take note: if you scribble something out, THAT'S NATURAL. It's expected. Don't paint out your mistakes with white-out; don't laboriously recopy everything perfectly on a fresh sheet of paper; don't cover every mistake with white sticker paper.
Mistakes are the hallmarks of creative thinking. Mistakes is where the learning happens. Notebooks are meant to be messy! What? You think Albert Einstein, Virginia Woolf and Leonardo da Vinci wasted time in their notebooks with white-out?
Be a thinker. Make mistakes. Start over. X things out. Change your mind. Learn another way of learning, and make your education your own. Write things out; don't white things out.
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