Why Write?

When someone asks me "why write" many different answers come to mind. One of the first things that comes to mind is related with history. It is important to write because it documents what happened and when so future generations will not make the same mistakes. Also, by writting down facts people in the future will have a better understanding of the past and how life has changed. In my history class we learned about the Native Americans and how they were more of a verbal culture and didn't write things down. Since they had a verbal culture, once the disease of Europeans set in their history was lost forever and now we have to guess what it was like. Another reason that I think we should write is the fact that you can sometimes express emotions better on paper than phisically. Also, writting lets you spread your thoughts to many people easier by things such as internet, newpapers, or even books. Another major reason that we should write is based on law. If we didn't write, we wouldn't have any laws written down so people would do what they wanted when they wanted. All in all, I think writting is one of the most important things in our lives because if we didn't write schools, law and mostly everything else would be impossible.