Fewer and fewer people today write by hand using a pen, pencil or brush. What are the reasons for this? Is the decline in writing by hand a positive or negative development?

In the contemporary

era

, many stationery for handwriting

such

as a pen, pencil or brush tend to be less used. From my perspective,

this

tendency can be explained by the development of digital

devices

and

people

’s demand for

convenience

.

Along with

this

,I believe that the downward trend of writing by

hand

can bring beneficial improvement, especially in education.

To begin

with, the diminishing preference for handwritten forms is

due to

the tendency of technological advancements and the priority for

convenience

.

Firstly

, it is true that the rise of the digital

era

has led to the appearance of new

devices

.

In particular

, it is undeniable that many tools

such

as smartphones or laptops can enhance

people

's typing of words faster than writing by

hand

. In a study at Harvard University, it was recorded that

people

can type around 40 words in a minute,

while

just writing about 15 words.

Moreover

, the

convenience

of digital tools might be a highlighted point for

people

who have forgotten many traditional ones. In many industrialization and modernization countries, Japan

for example

,

people

tend to lead hectic daily lives and usually in the high density of travelling around town by walking or transportation from home to workplace.

Thus

, their priority is to carry stuff as lightly as possible and

instead

of preparing notebooks, documents and pencil cases for writing, a small table can be a helping

hand

due to

its effectiveness in storing paper documents and arranging folders.

Furthermore

, I hold a belief that

this

tendency can be beneficial for future development, especially in education.

Firstly

, it is true that the majority of students have noted lessons with pens, pencils or brushes in the current

era

.

However

, it could be a breakthrough point in the upcoming time that schools should switch to storing and sharing electronic lessons online and distribute each student a new stationery, an iPad for studying.

Therefore

, they can do all tasks and homework on a small tablet, rather than carrying a heavy package of books, notebooks and many more stationery from school to home and vice versa.

Besides

, because of the school operation each year releasing a ton of wasted paper, the improvement of digital

devices

can be a more environmentally friendly solution. Because the long span of

devices

tends to be higher than paper documents in the aspect of storing information. In conclusion, the trend that fewer

people

write by

hand

is

due to

the significant development of the digital

era

, in which

people

tend to meet the demand for

convenience

.

This

change

also

affirms that many traditional tools might be replaced by technological

devices

in several positive aspects, especially storing information in education.