Digitalise dammit!

This weekend some of my french homework had to be done online. Because of this, the homework didn’t seem like as much of a chore, probably because I associate being on the computer with leisure time. But even so, it was much handier this way, and this led me to thinking that way more of our school work should be done on a computer. Ask teenagers these days if they prefer typing or writing in a copy, I reckon the majority would say typing.

Also, it’d be a lot more environmentally friendly this way, if we could type up our homework and send them to the teachers for correction. Another blogger, Smemon, is currently doing a paper watch at his college course. This means he totals up how many sheets of paper he receives every week. He’s doing a computer course, so every person doing it obviously owns a computer with internet access, and despite this, he gets hundreds of sheets of paper in handouts a week. It’s all so wasteful really. Also there’s a lot less chance you’ll lose your information when you have it saved onto your computer rather than on some sheet at the bottom of your bag.

Technology and computers are the way forward, and everyone knows this, so why aren’t we actually employing this knowledge?

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