Argumentative Essay

The personal computer is used to amplify human potential. It is an intellectual laboratory and vehicle for self-expression that allows each child to not only learn what we've always taught, perhaps with greater efficacy, efficiency or comprehension. The computer makes it possible for students to learn and do in ways unimaginable just a few years ago.

I completely agree with the statement, “The personal computer is used to amplify human potential.” In today’s growing technological world, the competition is high as professionals and their big business corporations race to achieve the next advancement for their country. Without the personal computer, individuals wouldn’t have sufficient enough time to achieve all of the things that they do within a day. That is why I think is it also important for schools to focus on the new 21st century learning skills that come with technology integrated into the student’s everyday learning.

Given that I feel technology should be incorporated into the school system, I also agree with the rest of the statement given above. Twenty, even ten years ago, children did not have the technological advancements at their fingertips as children today do. Some skeptics might suggest that all of this technology, such as gaming and texting is bad for the children's health and should not be used. Although everything should be used in moderation, technology provides students and even adults with the opportunity to explore deeper concepts of whatever interests them or strikes their attention. This opens up a whole new window of critical thinking and curiosity that students never had before. With technology, there is never an excuse to say “I don’t know how.”

As a kid growing up through a time where technology was just starting to be incorporated, I have been able to see both sides of the spectrum. I have taken pencil-paper tests, and I have also been apart of a group project that called for critical thinking and integrated use of internet research. From my experience, I was able to understand and keep that information with me for a longer period of time, whereas I have long forgot the definitions that I was required to remember on a test in the fourth grade.   

Students can always turn to the ever thriving internet to do research on the topic of interest. Technology also allows students to work collaboratively with their peers. With email, instant messaging, and texting, group work can be incorporated into the classroom in just about every subject. As future leaders of America, it is essential for this new generation to use technology so that they can advance into a twenty-first century workforce. The statement, “the computer makes it possible for students to learn and do in ways unimaginable just a few years ago,” is also very true. As I have said earlier, just a few years ago students did not have the advantages that students have today. Teachers need to use those advancements to make sure our new generation has the opportunity to achieve the full potential they deserve.    

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