Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
**Writing by hand with a pencil or pen is a waste of time. Children should only be taught to type on a keyboard.**
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Be sure to use your own words. Do not use memorized examples.
For centuries, even millennia, the act of writing has most been performed by hand. Up until a few decades ago, nobody could think of any other means of getting it done other by hand, only the equipment to be used was a matter of choice, such as - a pencil or a pen. However, with the advent of technology and its incorporation into every aspect of our modern lives, many more ways of writing have become available to people, most importantly - keyboards. I agree with the statement given in the prompt that children should be taught writing by only typing on the keyboard for three reasons.
Firstly, with the cost of technology drastically coming down, computers and similar gadgets has become increasingly popular and common in households, which indicates that children today have much access to a keyboard to type in. In addition to that, using a keyboard is very easy and requires much lesser maintenance, unlike pens and pencils which need to be refilled or bought after some days of usage. For example, market study shows that an average priced computer keyboard, which lasts for at least two years without showing any signs of problems, is significantly cheaper than using pens or pencils for the same duration of time. This can be beneficial for people living in the third world countries, where it is not at all sustainable for children to buy stationary for extended periods of time, but a one-time investment can ensure they can study and write with the one keyboard they have.
Secondly, it is much easier, comfortable, and more efficient to write in a keyboard that to write by hand. Writing in a keyboard everyday increases the typing speed of the person drastically. Consequently, one can write a lot more than he or she could ever write by hand. For example, modern day writers, may it be academic or literary, mostly use keyboards to write their papers, novels or anything. Study has shown that there is a ten-fold increase in the volubility of writers who use keyboards, than to writer who prefer by hand. In this era, where volubility is a precious quality to have, keyboard definitely serves the children better in enhancing their writing.
Thirdly, one of the most powerful features of using a keyboard is that the writing can be edited on the go. Children, who have just started to learn to write, will definitely make a lot of mistakes. It is so much easier for children to edit their writing if they make any mistake if they are using a keyboard for writing, than to use a pencil where you need to have a eraser to clear any mistakes, or than a pen where they do not have any way to correct the mistakes without making some ugly strikes here and there. Moreover, if a child is writing by hand, there is no easy way to insert another line, let alone a paragraph, in the middle of the writing, whereas writing with a keyboard makes the task a piece of cake.
In conclusion, the question if children should be taught to write by hand is a very complex one. Some would argue that writing by hand adds a more personal touch from the writer's perspective. However, taking into account the ease, comfort and efficiency writing by typing bring, it is much more beneficial to teach children to type on a keyboard to write.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 129, Rule ID: EVERYDAY_EVERY_DAY[3]
Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
...to write by hand. Writing in a keyboard everyday increases the typing speed of the perso...
^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 499, Rule ID: COMMA_THAN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'then'?
Suggestion: then
...olubility of writers who use keyboards, than to writer who prefer by hand. In this e...
^^^^
Line 4, column 366, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
... to use a pencil where you need to have a eraser to clear any mistakes, or than a...
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Line 5, column 171, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'writers'' or 'writer's'?
Suggestion: writers'; writer's
...and adds a more personal touch from the writers perspective. However, taking into accou...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, first, firstly, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, whereas, at least, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 15.1003584229 146% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 9.8082437276 143% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 13.8261648746 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.0286738351 163% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 43.0788530466 70% => OK
Preposition: 83.0 52.1666666667 159% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.0752688172 99% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2669.0 1977.66487455 135% => OK
No of words: 570.0 407.700716846 140% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.68245614035 4.8611393121 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88617158649 4.48103885553 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57671372891 2.67179642975 96% => OK
Unique words: 282.0 212.727598566 133% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.494736842105 0.524837075471 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 849.6 618.680645161 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 9.59856630824 52% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.86738351254 161% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6003584229 102% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 20.1344086022 134% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 64.2950610489 48.9658058833 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.095238095 100.406767564 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.1428571429 20.6045352989 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.0 5.45110844103 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 11.8709677419 143% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.85842293907 52% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.307530426229 0.236089414692 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.104799287776 0.076458572812 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0639007612486 0.0737576698707 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.192100406522 0.150856017488 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0342336534084 0.0645574589148 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 11.7677419355 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 58.1214874552 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 10.1575268817 124% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.16 10.9000537634 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.08 8.01818996416 101% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 86.8835125448 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.002688172 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.0537634409 127% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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