Hello,
I was just now reading an article on how keyboards are slowly replacing the habit of handwriting. This is something which I have been experiencing myself for quite some time. Since childhood, I was asked to take care of my handwriting and make it look good always because it fetches good impression from people who read it. I even received an award for the “best handwriting “in school. My mother especially has been very particular about this. But as time passed by, computers and writing with the help of keyboards have replaced this. Whenever I dream to write something, whether it is my research paper or any article for my workplace, I do not imagine myself using those pens which I longed for as a child but the keypad in my laptop. Surprisingly, even my professors want us to submit papers in printouts rather than handwritten stuff. Well, I do not know whether I should be calling this a technological advancement and progression towards a new faster world or losing out on the opportunities to show my handwriting and using different colourful pens for writing them. I myself cannot differentiate nowadays, which one is easier and faster also. Using the pen or the keyboard? Though we can’t deny the benefits of using Microsoft Word while we write (it checks your grammar and spellings immediately and saves you from getting those red marks) but what about those times when you are in a meeting and need to jot down notes? Ahhaaa…..you need pens there. So thankfully, you cannot replace the pens so easily! At least, I won’t, not in the near future. Because “pens have been mightier than the sword” and will continue to be.
I was just now reading an article on how keyboards are slowly replacing the habit of handwriting. This is something which I have been experiencing myself for quite some time. Since childhood, I was asked to take care of my handwriting and make it look good always because it fetches good impression from people who read it. I even received an award for the “best handwriting “in school. My mother especially has been very particular about this. But as time passed by, computers and writing with the help of keyboards have replaced this. Whenever I dream to write something, whether it is my research paper or any article for my workplace, I do not imagine myself using those pens which I longed for as a child but the keypad in my laptop. Surprisingly, even my professors want us to submit papers in printouts rather than handwritten stuff. Well, I do not know whether I should be calling this a technological advancement and progression towards a new faster world or losing out on the opportunities to show my handwriting and using different colourful pens for writing them. I myself cannot differentiate nowadays, which one is easier and faster also. Using the pen or the keyboard? Though we can’t deny the benefits of using Microsoft Word while we write (it checks your grammar and spellings immediately and saves you from getting those red marks) but what about those times when you are in a meeting and need to jot down notes? Ahhaaa…..you need pens there. So thankfully, you cannot replace the pens so easily! At least, I won’t, not in the near future. Because “pens have been mightier than the sword” and will continue to be.
