New technological innovations such as email over the past decade has led to a major decline in the use of the United States Postal Service (USPS.) It is important that we instill traditions yet modernize them so that they can better assist the population’s needs. The United States Postal Service was a crucial part to the United States as a developing country and even though we are now in a more tech savvy decade we mustn’t loose our country’s roots. In Document F, Cullen argues, that “E-mail is fast and simple, but to me an old fashioned, handwritten letter in this speed-obsessed world.” While new technology such as Google glasses and Apple IPhones are becoming more popular, a personal handwritten card or thank you letter is more sentimental than an E-mail that can be lost in the many E-mails one acquires throughout the day. The handwritten letters delivered by the USPS are more than just a graph with mail volume and delivery points (Document B.) The United States is huge and the USPS connects all of the friends and families that live across it. All of the earth’s population whether …show more content…
According to Ms. McDevitt, in Document E, “Advertising mail is a very valuable product to many consumers.” Which is completely true because not everyone has a smart phone and can access it if there’s a coupon for their favorite restaurant or a store they happen to shop at. Another example of this is when college admissions centers are sending letters to seniors in high school. They find it more sentimental when they get a letter in the mail rather than an E-mail not just because it’s a surprise, but because they think “wow this college actually cares enough about me to send me a