My high school has used laptops for four years. To be honest, they're more trouble than they are worth. The first year, most of our class played games, downloaded music (we have a wireless network), etc. Four years later, our laptops completely unreliable. We all prefer to take notes on paper and groan whenever the school forces us to work on our laptops. My school is a private school, so our parents purchase the computers rather than the public school system, but I still say that it's a waste of time and money.
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My high school has used laptops for four years. To be honest, they're more trouble than they are worth. The first year, most of our class played games, downloaded music (we have a wireless network), etc. Four years later, our laptops completely unreliable. We all prefer to take notes on paper and groan whenever the school forces us to work on our laptops. My school is a private school, so our parents purchase the computers rather than the public school system, but I still say that it's a waste of time and money.