Summary
Children in the UK are getting more and more technologic devices, up to the point where they start to play a very large role in their lives. Children are starting to take all their mobile phones, iPods and other devices with them to school, while often not even bothering to take a pen, ruler or other basic school equipment with them. Schools are trying to combat this by requiring parents to make sure that their children take their school necessities with them. One of the effects all this technology has, is that children are forgetting how to write a well-constructed sentence, because they now often use a spellchecker on their phone.
Reaction
I think that children should go to school to learn in the first place. Children forgetting to take the most important school equipment with them is a negative development. They spend too much time with their electronic devices, up to the point where they take it to school, which might affect their school performance. Times, however, are changing. Electronic devices have been growing in popularity for years, and the amount of information children are able to reach with their mobile devices is enormous. Perhaps it’s time that schools start to adapt their learning environment, which would allow electronic devices to stimulate school performance, instead of negatively affecting it.
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