Writing Standards 6-12

Standard:

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective
selection, organization, and analysis of content.

f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports
the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or
the significance of the topic).

The United States Postal Service


About two centuries ago, the United States Postal Service(USPS) delivered efficient and reliable communication across the country. This new change helped millions of Americans stay in contact with their friends, family, and business. It not only increased communication but the U.S economy as well. People were able to pay their bills via the USPS. But before emails, texting, and face timing, the internet in general developed, people were content with waiting a couple of days to read a letter from their loved one or a lost friend. So because of such technology, the USPS has slowly become unnecessary to many people. The USPS should be restructured to meet the needs of a changing world by increasing delivery, making it more significant and by closing branches.

First of all, the USPS should increase its delivery. Customers are continuing to migrate to the internet and to cheaper standard-mail options and away from the postal services signature product (source c). Now a days people don't want to wait a couple of days to receive a simple answer of yes or no to a question that could easily be answered via the phone , email, or text message. "It's satisfying to write a real letter, put it in an envelope and drop it into the mailbox(source f). If the USPS took less time to send a letter more people would actually take the time to write one.

Second of all, the USPS should become more significant, no one knows what the postal service stands for, says Wacker (source a). Maybe a change of name will make a difference. After all, a company's brand is its most valuable tool, or it's biggest liability (source a). Sometimes the brand is the only thing that catches a customers attention. There's a lot of people who actually buy a certain company's product just for their brand. For example, converse have been out for as long as I can remember but it wasn't until after that people started buying more and more because they were a "good" brand.

Finally, the USPS should close branches. We really have so much technology that it has become unnecessary. Emails are rarely even opened because you get so many notifications from social medias including a lot of other junk mail. I have deleted hundreds of emails in one swoop without taking the time to reread them (source f). Many people don’t even use them often because they can simply just text anyone. Usually the only people who utilize them are business people, they might as well make it professional and hand write it instead of typing it.

In conclusion, people shouldn’t stop using the USPS because besides the fact that it was one of the first ways we started communicating it really has helped a lot and should remain very significant to all Americans. The simple fact of writing and keeping one from a loved one should be enough. Writing, sending it off, waiting for getting one in return, and being able to keep it for years should be a good enough reason to not stop using the USPS.