Hi there! I am writing now to do another reflection. The reflection I am going to do about is the future school scheme in Hwa Chong Institution. The Future School Scheme is a program that allows students to use laptops during lessons to make the lesson more fun and exciting for students. The technology also helps in searching for more information on the website. More knowledge is gained this way. The debate of this topic is about whether laptops should be brought to school to do work or we should just use the conventional method of the whiteboard and markers. The proposition would agree that bringing laptops is good while the opposition would disagree on bringing laptops to school.
Proposition: Bringing laptops to school is an advantage since there is more information in the internet than in the teacher’s brain. There are some things that the teacher does not know so the internet is the best way to get such answers. Laptops can be quite resourceful when used correctly. Thus, to gain more knowledge, the best solution is to allow students to bring laptops to school and allow the laptops to be taken out and used during certain lessons which require research. Doing this reduces the amount of homework to be done and also prevents the computer labs from being so cramped.
Opposition: Bring laptops to school is a disadvantage since the laptops are misused. During lessons, many people play computer games behind the teacher’s back so laptops are not used to do research. Laptops are also quite troublesome as students have to take the laptop, which is quite heavy, to and from the school back home. They are also a trouble as there are more incidents of theft, with the inclusion of laptops. That’s why laptops are a trouble and also an extra tool in education since people use it to play computer games.
My view: I feel that there is no right and wrong in this situation, but the one who is even right is the proposition in my view. Laptops are an advantage since they contain a lot of knowledge on the internet. The opposition states that it is more trouble due to weight and theft. For weight, it is not much of a problem since we do not have to bring many things to school, unless you need to bring uniforms or maybe instruments. As for the rest, the weight is still okay. As for theft, the school has already prepared lockers for everyone in the class. What a student needs to do is to purchase a lock and lock your laptop in the locker when you are not in class. It may be a little more troublesome, but it is worth it for the knowledge and the laptop, which you obviously do not wish to get stolen. As for the part of playing computer games, I cannot really say much. The students who wish to play and not pay attention in class will suffer in the end, and will also affect the class’s Mean Subject Grade. These students should just fail and get out of the school to some other school. The school cannot possibly remove their future school program, just for a few students who play games and do not want to do well. It affects them the most in the very end, sending them out of Integrated Program, into an “O” Level Class or maybe get expelled. They cannot possibly blame anyone because it is just their fault. Playing computer games might affect those people near the gaming-addicts so it is best for students to speak up when they know someone is gaming. The teacher can change the seats of these students to the front so that they can get observed more easily, thus, the future school system does not have to be removed. In conclusion, the future school scheme should just be continued and the students who just choose to play and not pay attention will just be out of the Integrated Program and the ones suffering would be themselves.
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