Why all schools should encourage kids to write in books more often.

More and more kids these days are working more on computers than in books. According to Android Central there are over 30 million students using chromebooks at school everyday. Today I will be persuading you into why all schools should encourage kids to write in books more often.

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In my eyes I see that computers at schools are beginning to create problems. One of the problems is that larger number of kids are losing the ability to spell simple words. This is happening because when typing on a computer you lose the advantage to fix your spelling mistakes on your own. You can fix it in just one simple click, in other words using autocorrect. When writing in books you get the chance to read over and fix any mistakes that you have done. I am sure you have heard the saying “Learn from your mistakes” as this is a very common quote to hear. If you think about it you can't really learn from your         2

mistakes on a computer as it corrects all of them for you without you even noticing.

This is just one in many of the problems that computers have an impact on in learning.

Another problem is hand writing. We learn handwriting at primary and then when we get to intermediate we start writing on computers. We write on them so much that kids start to lose the ability to do tidy handwriting. Most people's writing you can hardly read. If a person's handwriting isn't good I am sure that not all of it is caused by going on computers, they might just be a slow learner. There are many reasons why handwriting isn't always the best.                                                         3

Computers are great to use don't get me wrong. I just feel like schools need to start using books much more often for learning. It’s as if computers were taking over. When using computers for learning its harder to focus. When-for example writing a speech-you can get distracted by anything. The number one thing that I think distracts the most is the computer itself. When you are on the computer it's so easy to go on a new tab and click on to anything like, Facebook,youtube, or instagram. To be honest this happend to me many times while writing my speech.

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Over all, everyone has their own opinions about everything. Just like I have my opinion about learning on computers as it has lead to lack of writing and handwriting skills. I hope that my speech has given you an idea of why I am speaking about this. So go ahead start making the change.                                      

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