Flipboard Culture Desk on Nostr: Typewriters are having a resurgence in Pennsylvania. "We use them to connect with ...

Typewriters are having a resurgence in Pennsylvania. "We use them to connect with younger people who are so lost on their screens, who are used to seeing everything instantly," says Fred Durbin, a high-school teacher in Midland. His approach is to get students to think of themselves as artists, "using our senses and focusing on one thing at a time." A typewriter, he said, demands one's full attention, unlike a computer where other tabs tempt the easily distracted. Here's more from nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq63fqvlu52npsgtnnqescpuxn5gfdc8y2ju8ztfy00jjkx905ktcqpfgge7 (nprofile…gge7)

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