There is no doubt that school curriculums need to modernise and, hence, integrating tablets into classroom activities can be seen as a step forward in education. However, I am strongly against the practice of schools asking parents to supply these gadgets for three reasons. The first reason is expense. Even though some might argue that a basic tablet can be bought for as little as £100, I still believe that this is too much to ask parents to pay from their own pocket, especially for those with more than one child. Moreover, in order to minimise compatibility issues, it is probable that the school will want all of their pupils to have the same model and, therefore, parents won’t have any say in exactly which device they are able to purchase. This brings me to my second reason, which is that tablets are too fragile to be looked after properly by young children. Tablets are made of components that can be easily broken. The screen, for example, could easily become cracked while bei...