Many schools issue their children special "school laptops". However, this is not the case at Herbert Hoover Middle School. Giving out laptops to children would have many advantages: children could do their homework on the go, parents wouldn't have to buy their child a computer, and it would be possible to buy costly computer programs with less hassle.
Many middle schoolers go on vacations with their family in fall, winter, and spring break.But even though traveling is exiting, it does not give children many opportunities to do over-the-weekend homework. Many families have desktop computers, which have a longer guarantee but are not very portable. If the child had a laptop, they could bring it with them on vacation and finish any typed/group work. The opposition's standing point may be that children may have problems with wireless servers in a hotel room, but most hotels actually offer free wireless internet.
Computers can be costly: A good computer and monitor can cost about $ . If students are given laptops, their parents will not have to worry about buying a computer for their child. In fact, some poor families might benefit from getting a laptop more than they ever imagined. Some people might state that most families have 2 computers already, but those families have two computers because the parent's jobs require them to be using computers. If both parents are using the two computers, the child will not geta chance to finish his or her homwork.
Nowadays, computer programs are easier to buy, but they still are pretty expensive: the disk for the Microsoft Word program costs just about $300! An average school has just about that number of sixth graders, so if everyone chips in, each child's family will only have to pay about a dollar to buy the disk for the school, so the software could be downloaded to every computer. Better yet, with the help of the seventh and Eight graders, the school could buy software that is even more expensive. People might say that downloading the software minto each computer would take a long time, but if all grades paid about five dollars each, the school would be able to but about five or six copies of the program, making the downloading go faster.
Issuing Herbert Hoover Middle School students laptops would have many benefits. It would help students do homework while on vacation, and it would save families a lot of money on computers and computer programs. Issuing Herbert Hoover Middle School Students Laptops is the right choice!
I was very interested in your post alisa. This topic is a big deal throughout the school districts. I too believe issuing new technology will improve the schools all around Edison. I liked how you showed a 300$ disc can change our school and improve the education of all grades. You and I both know our computers are not the best so this will improve alot. Good post
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post, Alisa. I liked how you explained the benefits of issuing laptops in HHMS. I agree with you. Laptops can improve schools. One thing to work on is a better conclusion sentence. Overall, this was agood post.
ReplyDeleteNice job, Alisa. A problem with this post though is that you said that the school will buy them and then that they are costly. The school will not want to pay for a laptop for every student. That shoul have been your counterargument. I agree laptops provided from the school would be nice. Nicce post. Keep up the good work.
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