Because of modern technology, it is no longer necessary for people to learn handwriting skill, but others believe that handwriting is still an important skill. Discuss both and give your opinion.

 

People have a myriad of views about whether handwriting skills is still important nowadays, given the recent technological advancements. Although some people may think that handwriting is no longer important nowadays, I still believe that handwriting is a useful skill to have.

Among the reasons why some may think that handwriting has little importance in the modern world, probably the most obvious is that handwriting mails has been replaced by texting and email online as a way of communication. The internet has revolutionized the way we communicate, allowing us to stay in touch with family, friends and colleagues wherever and whenwver we are instantly, eliminating the geographical boundaries that used to constraint traditional mail. A striking illustration is that smartphones have applications such as Gmail or Whatsapp, which allows you to type and send any message to people with little delay. This in turn reduces the need to write physical letters to people, leading to the phenomenon that there is little need to write with paper and pen in the modern world.

However, I would agree with those who believe that handwriting still remains to be a significant skill nowadays. Probably the first reason popping into my mind is that people at a tender age may learn languages more easily writing the words by hand, as they would have muscle memory of the characters. A striking illistration is that children tend to learn English much faster in primary schools in which written worksheets and exams are given, rather than kindergarden where little handwriting is involved. This in turn shows that handwriting is a vital part of learning a language. It should also be noted that handwriting is also vital in large enterprises and the government, as confidential information that an organisation can not afford to get leaked should be handwritten as it is much more difficult to maliciously access a physical document than hacking into a computer and retriving a computer document. Physical signatures on a document by the owner of the document, which is also a type of handwriting, is useful to vertify whether the document is legitamate as well, so higher managers of a company, for example the CEO, must develop a consistent style of handwriting to sign their documents.

It is against these backdrops that while there are some reasons to believe that handwriting is no longer important, my own view is that handwriting still holds it's significance in the modern world.