The Pros for email Out Weigh the Cons Essay -- Teaching Writing Educat

The Pros for email Out Weigh the Cons Not too long ago I would get off the school bus, run down the street and try to beat my brother at checking the mail. I was always so excited to see if anyone had sent me a card, or if we were in the next phase of the Publisher’s Clearing House drawing. This was long before almost every house in America had a computer. This was the time when there were still payphones on every corner, answering machines were the coolest thing to have, and stamps were only ten cents. Email has enhanced the ‘letter writing’ of the past. Today we live in a fast paced society with fast food restaurants, drive up ATMs, two-way radios and now electronic mail, also known as email. Email has become a part of everyday life for most individuals. It would be hard to find a company that does not use email in some aspect of their work. I use it all day long, customers email me orders, colleagues email each other, and of course I receive a daily email from my father. We were at a virtual stand still this past month when our email server crashed. We had lost all of our contact information that was saved in our email address books, all past emails. Our computer technician did retrieve everything, but it was a very stressful few days. Email has allowed people to stay in touch with each other quickly and inexpensively. There is no need for a pen and paper when using email or the envelope and stamp. All someone has to do is type out their message select the intended receiver(s) and hit send. My family has a ‘yahoo group’ where everyone can post messages. This has allowed us to keep in touch with family from Arkansas and California. We were able to keep all of my grandfather’s brothers and si... ...asional letter writing, but would have to agree with Dennis Baron in his article that â€Å"..the physical effort of handwriting, crossing out, revising, cutting, and pasting.. now seemed to overwhelm and constrict me, and I longed for the flexibility of digitized text† (36). Works Cited Baron, Dennis. â€Å"From Pixels to Pencils: The Stages of Literacy Technologies† Writing Material: Readings From Plato to the Digital World. Ed. Evelyn B. Tribble & Ann Trubek. New York, NY: Longman, 2003. 35-52. Gopnik, Adam. â€Å"The Return of the Word.† Writing Material: Readings from Plato to the Digital Age. Ed. Evelyn B. Tibble & Ann Trubek. New York, NY: Longman, 2003. 180-182. Less, Wendy â€Å"The Conversion.† Writing Material: Readings from Plato to the Digital Age. Ed. Eveyln B. Tribble & Ann Trubek. New York, NY: Longman, 2003. 227-232.