Advantages and Disadvantages of Keyboards Versus Pencils

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Technology is slowly taking over the world. It affects many things, one of them being handwriting. Typing has some advantages over handwriting, but typing also has some disadvantages. Cursive is outdated, and typing is more efficient than handwriting in general. However, handwriting has some benefits over typing.
Cursive was a lot more prominent in the past then it is today. According to Remington Korper, cursive was taught before printing. This made it the main form of writing for students. Some people that had excellent cursive could take it as a job. The first type of cursive was Spencerian. This was a very time consuming, tiring writing. The next type was Palmer’s Method. This was faster and easier than Spencerian writing. It is very similar to the cursive that is taught in schools today. “Through most of the 20th century, students in the early grade typically received 30 to 45 minutes of handwriting instruction. Today the average is 15 minutes”(Handwriting Debate). Handwriting instruction has slowly decreased over the years as technology becomes better.
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