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?

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.