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Really? I'm going into 8th grade too! Yippee!
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Yarly.
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For us, it doesn't take over conventional practices, but students can take notes on their laptop, use them for homework, etc. It really enhances the classroom experience!
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I'd really rather write my notes/ do my homework by hand. I don't want to stare at a computer screen all day in school, I spend enough time at home doing that.
As Crimson said, students in schools that hand out laptops are ridiculously spoiled. I own a laptop, but only because it was my dad's that he used for work, but doesn't need anymore, so he let me have it. Otherwise I would not have a computer.
I use my computer for school sometimes too don't get me wrong, but that's not in the classroom. And work on the computer is only done when necessary, for example, if I need to type up a paper or do some other thing like that. What would happen if, your computer crashed? The HD was wiped and all your files are gone?
And someone said Mac's rarely get infected so no need to worry about that. Well, that is ignorant. Don't assume, "Oh I'm a Mac user, I don't need to worry about those viruses!". Well, what happens when the day a Mac virus DOES show up?
Crimson also made another good point, that the kids might be doing other activities like IMing, checking Facebook etc. Yeah sure the school might put barriers against them, but be real, the kids will find ways to get around them.
Git off mah internetz you Whippersnapperz.