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Fewer schools are requiring children to learn and improve their handwriting skills. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of this trend?

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It is commonly believed that learning and improving student's handwriting abilities are required by only a small number of schools. 
This
 is because of increasing technological aspects and 
facilities though
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facilities, though
 it has some drawbacks. 
This
 essay will examine how positive points outweighs demerits.  The main reason to give less emphasizes on handwriting due to the evolution of smarter devices. It is commonly seen that school-goers are using tablets and Smartphones to write down their class lectures which is a good example of technological dependency. Take, for example, according to a recent survey
on
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of
 American students, almost 80% of learners are completely dependent on electronic devices 
such
 as laptops or tablets. 
Secondly
, in spite of writing the correct answer, the teachers give bad marks due to poor handwriting that could affect their overall grade. 
However
, the reason behind the bad handwriting is that they have to solve a ton of questions within a limited time which is really difficult. A particularly good example here is, in a school in Norway, and it has found that the writing of a student at home and in the examination hall was not matched because of exam pressure. Those opposed to the
say
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saying
 that is it makes the children less creative. 
Nevertheless
, it has no evidence to support 
this
 view because creativity is deemed as an innate skill of someone. A good illustration of
this
 my brother is not good at 
handwriting but
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handwriting, but
 he outperforms most of his classmates at drawing classes.  To conclude
,
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,
although
 students are facing a lack of handwriting capabilities, we have to accept that because of the upcoming future which will be fully depended on smart devices. 
Therefore
, it clearly outweighs the demerits.

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