Some people believe that schools should reward those students who show excellent academic performance while some believe that only the ones who show significant improvement in the grades should be rewarded. Discuss both the views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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

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. 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

being carried in a

school

bag or smashed if accidentally dropped.

As a result

, the potential cost of replacing even one

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device each year makes the scheme even more unfeasible for most

parents

. The most obvious reason why

parents

shouldn’t have to pay for a tablet,

however

, is that all teaching materials should be provided by a

school

.

While

I concede that many learning institutes are facing government cutbacks, I still feel that schools should provide all the tools a child needs to receive an education. If teachers feel that

tablets

are now a fundamental part of a child’s learning, they should be included in the

school

’s budget and,

consequently

, purchased and maintained by the

school

.

To sum up

, not only is it too expensive to ask

parents

to buy their child a tablet, but it is simply not the responsibility of

parents

to provide classroom materials.

Therefore

, despite current cuts in spending on education, I don’t believe that families should have to pay for these gadgets to be used in class.