DEAR EDITOR

Dear editor

I feel  strongly about the article you published recently , “ Goodbye to the letter “ was not true in your article   you stated  that emails  do not  have the sentimental value  that letters  have. Well, even if that may be true it does nor matter whether you got a letter or an email. What matters is who you got it from. Is it really about the way you got the message or is it about the person who sent it to you? Well in my opinion the person matters the most.

I agree with you that we judge people based on their handwriting but , in a job assessment it matters  on the quality of your writing . You may have a neat handwriting but , the  content of your writing is not up to standard while, someone  else  hands in a typed application with top notch content. Emails are just a move convenient way of communication. You would never know when a letter would arrive or even if it got delivered in the first place. But with email you are sure that the recipient has received your message.

Another opinion you raised was about how illegible our handwriting is going to be. I strongly disagree with this because we do not type everything. We do use our handwritings. It is just that preferably we use emails for communications. Schools still insist on handwritten assignment and I believe this is practice for having a legible handwriting.

Handwritten articles are important but typed article are convenient in terms of time saving. Typing saves time because of the recent technology, auto – correct, your writings is less prone to mistakes compared to you writing cancelling unnecessary words and having a dirty piece which is also time consuming.

In conclusion email is taking over but with a positive change. Changing things for the better not for the worse. We all should embrace this change with open arms.

Yours faithfully

Godfrey Muchendu