Some people say that in the modern age it is unnecessary to teach children about the skill of handwriting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Some people say that in the modern age it is unnecessary to teach children about the skill of handwriting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays there are people who argue that children do not need to learn how to handwrite. While I can see their point of view, I tend to disagree.

there could be reasons, I admit, why it is no longer a necessary skill, and perhaps an obvious one is that it can be a slow way to record information. By learning to type instead, children usually master a mechanical skill that is fast and easy to repeat, and this generally allows them to write with speed and efficiency and without messy crossing out if they make errors. My niece Mei, for example, who is in middle school, can touch type. this means she can write up to 50 words per minute, enabling her to complete language-based assignments like history quickly and spend more time on other academic pursuits.

I believe, however, handwriting is valuable and should continue to be taught. one compelling reason is that it is closely linked to essential literacy skills. without relying on the autocorrect functions installed on most computers and mobile devices, children are invariably forced to understand and use correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. As such, they are arguably not only able to put complex ideas into words more effectively, but also comprehend them when reading. Another is that handwriting typically aids memory retention. A good case in point is taking notes, which is common in most academic settings and in the workplace as adults, because when it is done by hand, it often requires writers to organise ideas in their own words, which helps them recall this information later in exams or the performance of important tasks.

Overall, although there may be reasons to concede that handwriting is a redundant skill, I feel children should learn it.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, so, while, for example, i feel

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 24.0651302605 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1446.0 1615.20841683 90% => OK
No of words: 292.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.95205479452 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13376432452 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70949935444 2.80592935109 97% => OK
Unique words: 191.0 176.041082164 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.654109589041 0.561755894193 116% => OK
syllable_count: 444.6 506.74238477 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.9172365358 49.4020404114 144% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.230769231 106.682146367 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4615384615 20.7667163134 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.53846153846 7.06120827912 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.01903807615 80% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0688257023601 0.244688304435 28% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.023855422003 0.084324248473 28% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0384036487924 0.0667982634062 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0540704603834 0.151304729494 36% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0312127756169 0.056905535591 55% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.0946893788 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 50.2224549098 115% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.3001002004 95% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.73 12.4159519038 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 78.4519038076 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 11.2359550562 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 9
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