Obviously this man hasn't been on the ground. Or hasn't heard the cries that I have.
"So in an exam, you can bring an electronic dictionary along and ideally, everybody should have a keyboard rather than have the burden of struggling with the mechanics of memorizing and writing characters by hand.."
Ok, not good. While I support the part about electronic dictionary (YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOKS OF THE CHINA STUDENTS FACES WHEN I SAID THAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO BRING IT INTO EXAMS), I don't really like the part about keyboard.
Why?
Firstly, let me establish that my Chinese is not exactly amazing (Having problems talking in Chinese, disgrace, I know.) but for this point, I am and will be violently fighting against it.
Why?
Firstly, writing the characters by hand is the heart of Chinese language. Look, the han yu pin ying are only placed in to help weaker students like us read the language easier. But take away the writing and hell, what the heck are you testing? The 'mechanics of memorizing and writing by hand' is a part of Chinese. Take that away and why not let us just learn French huh? Or Indian(Another upcoming superpower)?
Look, there is something called Chinese calligraphy, and I'm sure as hell there isn't any English calligraphy.
End of point.
-Mook
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