Some people believe that handwriting is no longer useful in the modern world and should not be taught in schools. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays due to technological development influence on our routine life,
people
have begun to type on a keyboard more than using handwriting.
Therefore
some
people
wonder if kids need to write by
hand
in school. In
this
essay, I would like to identify the causes of
this
situation and propose some corresponding solutions. On the one
hand
, technological progress has been changing our lives during
last
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century. Mobile telephones, laptops and tablets have become a common part of life. Because of that, more and more
people
prefer to type texts than write by
hand
.
In addition
, computer programs replace
such
activities
like
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drawing, sketching and writing and convert them to digital.
People
use handwriting rarely and less appreciate
this
skill in the modern world.
On the other
hand
, handwriting is a good way for developing cognitive skills in childhood. Fine motor skills of
hand
which characterise
for
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writing make
influence
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on
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brain development by creating new links between neurons. It helps coordinate our muscles, nerves and visual systems.
Last
research of
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Psychological Association discovered that children who were taught to write by
hand
were 15% more attentive and 27% more showed the ability to memorise new worlds.
This
example shows that writing is crucially important for children despite the fact that later in life
this
skill is not so often used. In conclusion, from the arguments and examples given I firmly believe that handwriting is a good way for children's activity for developing a various spectra body’s systems.
Thus
I think that handwriting is useful and required to learn in schools.
Submitted by ekaterina.kosheleva.2016 on

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