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As society develops many issues arise regarding our lives and raise heated debate among people. One such issue that arouses our interest is whether the capacity to read and write is more crucial than the pastime. Personally, I disagree with the given statement and there are two reasons that could validate my position.
First, today, technologies in engineering improve, there are much more information in form of image and video than of text. In the past, many people got information through books, which have lots of text and was main source of knowledge, because there was not Internet and smart phones. Therefore, those who lived during this period should have the ability to read and write to get information. However, these days, Internet has become the main source of getting information. Internet is full of images and videos that do not require the capacity to read and write.
According to a survey conducted by MBC, one of the Korean public broadcasting stations, more than 66 percent of people responded that they acquire knowledge by computer, smart phones and Internet. In the survey, more than a thousand people in the Seoul metropolitan area, the respondents said that they do not need the ability to read and write that much since they obtain information through images and videos. It clearly shows that these days, the potential to read and write is less important than in the pastime.
In addition, the ability to tell right from wrong is more essential than the ability to just read and write. As Internet technologies develop, there is so much information than the past. As a result, people should know how to discern which information is necessary and which is true and false. Just reading and writing information is insufficient. Selecting required information and telling right from wrong is essential in modern society.
According to a survey, conducted by ministry of education, most companies these days prefer to hire people who know how to search needed information and distinguish true information among the false. In the survey, more than hundred companies in Korea, they said that the ability to recognize right and demanded information is required to be hired from a good company. It indicates that only the ability to read and write is not sufficient these days.
All in all, because of the reasons that mentioned above, I firmly believe that the skill to read and write is less important in contemporary society.
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