Facebook has been one of the tremendous sources of distraction for students during their lessons. They are tempted to go on it instead of diligently taking notes on their laptops, as the lecturer speaks. Is there thus a problem with the banning of laptops?
I am glad that some unis and lecturers have actually implemented this. What is wrong with taking notes using pen and paper? Personal handwriting is very telling of a person's personality and is an expression of elegant beauty in its strokes and curls. Granted, paper is wasted and trees are cut down to be made into paper. The reason why this method has to be resumed is really because the students themselves are at fault. They choose to do the wrong things instead of focusing on what the lessons require. I do not blame a professor who destroyed a student's laptop as a warning to the rest. I think he had probably been driven to the edge.
A 20-year-old student gave the excuse of the lecturers being unable to comprehend the importance of technology to the students. That is a poor one. I am glad she has been proven wrong by a professor who carried out a study on the grades of students who flit between these distractions and the taking of notes during their lessons. Their grades were really low. Also, I am glad that there are students who understand the reason behind the ban. They acknowledge the right of the lecturers to implement it and the importance of education to the students.
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