What handwriting does to the brain

By Pocholo Concepcion

May 28, 2026 12:06 am

IN THE past few weeks, my wife and I had been over the moon about our only child passing the college entrance tests at La Salle Taft, Ateneo de Manila, Benilde, and UP Diliman.

But what’s even more striking was that our son had rarely taken notes in most of his subjects in his last year in high school. We only found out when he had to catch up and copy notes from his screenshots of lessons, because two of his teachers offered his class additional points in final grades if they could present their handwritten notes.

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