In this modern era where digital media has become the norm, it seems like writing isn’t a useful skill that’s worth learning anymore. However, writing can still serve multiple purposes and is just as much a useful skill now as it was back then.

Bringing it back to the basics, when students are learning in class, writing notes as opposed to typing them or just listening to the teacher speak, is usually a much more effective method of learning. This is because when you write you’re more likely to be thinking about the information that is being given to you, hence it can stay in your memory longer and be more readily available. Even when writing notes for your job, your more likely to remember them and actually think more thoughtfully about your analysis if your actually writing it as opposed to just thinking about it. Even though typing is still a form of writing, the physical writing generally serves a better ability to conveying things to memory.

Whether we like it or not, writing is always going to be a part of everyday life even if handwriting isn’t as common anymore. We still have to write when it comes to jobs, such as writing cover letters, writing recommendations for subordinates, writing compelling narratives even for the purpose of immigration such as applying people from overseas.