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From Paillasson to Noordzij

From Paillasson to Noordzij FERNAND BAUDIN From Paillasson to Noordzij I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE TEACHING OF HANDWRITING Joie est mon caractere C'est la faute a Voltaire Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau Je suis tombe par terre C'est la faute a Voltaire Le nez dans la ruisseau C'est la faute a Rousseau' In 1980, A.S. Osley and Merald Wrolstad were planning a special issue of Visible Language on the theme teaching handwriting. A number of authors were con- tacted in Europe and in the USA, and maybe other continents? and asked to write a piece on the history of the subject in their several countries. Nothing came of it. I was probably the first to deliver my copy. For an appropriate his- torical reason: the Belgian Constitution is 54 years younger than the American Constitution. This fact made things much easier than if I had been asked to write on the same subject in the Netherlands as a cultural entity.2 This is worth recalling, if only because very few political and revolutionary events have made things easier for anyone, anywhere and at any time. My copy was eventually published in this journal.3 When invited to make a new contribution http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quaerendo Brill

From Paillasson to Noordzij

Baudin, Fernand
Quaerendo , Volume 28 (1): 21 – Jan 1, 1998
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© 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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FERNAND BAUDIN From Paillasson to Noordzij I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE TEACHING OF HANDWRITING Joie est mon caractere C'est la faute a Voltaire Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau Je suis tombe par terre C'est la faute a Voltaire Le nez dans la ruisseau C'est la faute a Rousseau' In 1980, A.S. Osley and Merald Wrolstad were planning a special issue of Visible Language on the theme teaching handwriting. A number of authors were con- tacted in Europe and in the USA, and maybe other continents? and asked to write a piece on the history of the subject in their several countries. Nothing came of it. I was probably the first to deliver my copy. For an appropriate his- torical reason: the Belgian Constitution is 54 years younger than the American Constitution. This fact made things much easier than if I had been asked to write on the same subject in the Netherlands as a cultural entity.2 This is worth recalling, if only because very few political and revolutionary events have made things easier for anyone, anywhere and at any time. My copy was eventually published in this journal.3 When invited to make a new contribution

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