Alexa

 Are you, the reader, aware that laptops are the most eco-friendly and most useful and a great way for young people to learn with? We think it is fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! It has become a huge breakthrough throughout the 20th and the 21st century, now, everyone believes that laptops are the best, and they are now are helping young, middle aged and old people to learn more about how they are run and the programs that they have. Never ever believe that laptops are a wrong piece of equipment to use. We believe that laptops are the most eco-friendly, because they save paper, therefore no trees have to be chopped down as a result, if there is no reason for printing. A laptop is easily able to transport around either your workplace or your school because you don’t have to lung around heavy books and loads of paper all the time, therefore causing strain on your shoulders!

Is it right for young children, to have access to a normal computer? In our view, we believe that it is right to give access to a young child to a computer; however, there are several views on this. Many people believe that giving a young child the right to a computer teaches them about responsibility for property that is loaned to them and their schools. They are given lessons (ICT) and taught about how they work and what programs they can use and obtain. However, some people also think this is a bad influence on children and they can get viruses on their computers through websites that shouldn’t be viewed by young children, this can also be censored by the people who help repair and replace the computers in the work place/school!

In exams, students write on paper. What about if they were able to use laptops in many centuries to come, just so long as their work isn’t stored on there? Or should they continue to write on paper? We believe that students should be given a choice. Some students may claim that they would prefer to use laptops; however others may think that they should write on paper. Therefore the argument is split either side with many arguments to support why they think this. In our view, although we are going against what we say about computers being the best, we also argue that using paper cuts down a lot of trees, however, we have come to the conclusion that writing exams on paper is the best option. As a student myself, I think that sometimes, other students cannot be trusted to store their stuff elsewhere, either on a memory stick or on their patch on their school site. During exams, if they do use their computer and their work is not saved on their memory stick or such like, then they may be tempted to look at it. This is when all their hard work has not paid off and they have gone against rules. Cheating can badly influence children especially teenagers and young children especially if young children have elder brothers and/or sisters, and the only way they might get good grades is by cheating and these elder siblings may tell their younger siblings it is the best way, well it’s not. Revision is when you look over what you have done in the school academic year **before** the exam, nor **after,** nor **during** either.

What do others think about laptops? Is it a good idea or a bad one? Do they agree with what we say? Many say that "It is a great study tool and a good learning resource. It teaches you about property loaned. It’s good because it’s paperless and benefits trees! It is also about the responsibility to the child/owner for the laptops." Some also agree with this statement and add by saying "It gives students access to modern technology or other alternative learning methods. It enables the person, in this case a student to carry around rather large amounts of information without lunging around any unnecessary items!" Others say that it depends entirely on the circumstances and seem to be split between both sides. They claim that "It’s neater. When you make a mistake on paper, usually you have to put a line through it and write the word again, where as on a computer, you don’t need to." However they also claim that "Little kids may get distracted and go off and do other things, than what they should be doing."

In response to all these comments, it coincides with everything we have said, which is rather surprising really. When giving a laptop to a small child, from the age of about 9 or 10 years old, they can be supervised by an adult during this time, teenager can sometimes be trusted with a laptop, but not always. However an adult has every right to a computer or a laptop, as they use it sensibly and if it is loaned, they treat it with much respect and as if it were there own. However, all I can say to those who don’t deserve to have one, it’s probably because you don’t treat it as if it were yours or you don’t use it for the right things. If you have a laptop that is yours, you don’t realise how lucky you are, look at those who are more unfortunate than you, imagine how they would feel if they had one, a pretty great feeling, don’t you think?