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Children should not be forced to develop good penmanship since computers and other mobile devices have done away with the need for having good handwriting. What are your views on the subject?

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Nowadays, a very common question
always haunts
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has always haunted
 parents, whether their children need to be a good penman or not. As the introduction of the modern world gadgets has reduced the requirement of hard written material, so, it might not be necessary to push pupils to have good writing abilities. I completely agree with the ideology of no need of having good handwriting in modern days, as its need is abolishing due to electronic devices.
This
 essay will embark upon the logics why handwriting is not essential these days.
To begin
 with, handwriting is becoming a forgotten art, as the emergence of computers and artificial
intelligent
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intelligence
 gadgets reduced the need to write anything on paper. To have good handwriting, children have to focus while writing and
this
 requires a lot of time, which students can spend to learn various other skills. Even though, teaching and learning in these times use computers, projector, laptops to teach and write. To cite an example, a survey conducted by
British Education society
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the British Education Society
the British Education society
, showed that children love to focus on the computers, which
also
 cause a reduction in paper use up to 50%.
On the other hand
, penmanship has its individuality with respect to personal image and character.
This
 helps to define a student’s personality and intellect, apart from that, up to senior secondary grades, children have to give handwritten exams, and so, have an impact on grades
also
. To illustrate, Dr Ereskin, a psychologist, explained that persons with excellent handwriting always have
calmness
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a calmness
 and politeness in their behaviour. To recapitulate, I think
besides
 focusing on the handwriting of pupils, guardians should focus on teaching them life’s important lessons and skills, as
this
 is required throughout in
children
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child's
children's
 lifespan.
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