[retSava]

> like how elementary school kids write their "papers" in comic sans (and eight other fonts half-way through) and each word is a different color

HA! I did that! I thought it made the essay more interesting to read, and it was a pain in the ass since I had to transfer the text by hand (ie rewrite it) in Deluxepaint on my Amiga 500, then print on our 9-needle matrix printer. Oh, how I miss the sound of that. Or do I?

Naturally, I was told by my teacher to never do it again.

Edit: I think I found the approx model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_vXA058EDY

[pbhjpbhj]

I wonder how much of this is related to how we teach kids initially -- everything is primary colours; schools value appearance of writing above content ('it's so neat'); it's all about big gestures, no subtlety; ...?