1. Do you think handwriting is still important?
✤ Yes, I think so.Handwriting skills will always be important.Formal letters are needed in business.Writing skills are also needed in writing resumes.We all know that we belong to a global village.Today we have to compete with children all over the world.We have to apply for jobs in multinational companies.So we need good writing skills.
2. Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?
✤ Even though technology has reduced the need of writing skills,still,I feel that it is very important in today’s world and will remain in future as well.
3. Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer?
✤ Well it depends on the situation, if I am sending an email to my friends or texting them then it is usually by computer or mobile phone. When I am studying and making notes then I usually write by hand.
4. When do children begin to write in your country?
✤ Nowadays the children have started writing a lot earlier.They normally join the schools at the age of 4 and they begin to write at the age of five.
5. Do you think handwriting will die in the future?
✤ No, definitely not.Handwriting will never die.Its need may decrease because of technology; still there will be many areas in which handwriting will be needed.I also feel that,that day is still very far when each and every person on earth will have access to technology.
6. Do you write letters?
✤ Yes, I do.I write e-mails to my friends and relatives.
7.Do you think children should be taught to write like in the old days?
✤ Yes,I think so.Writing is an art,which is going down because of modern technology.Computers automatically check the spelling and grammar because of which children are losing such skills.