English 9 Comparative essay

iPad VS. MacBook Pro

By: Seth Vander Pol

    iPads and MacBooks are both great electronic devices. They both have many uses and make schoolwork much more organized. However, MacBooks are better with taking notes, and organization, while iPads tend to be more useful for leisure web surfing and playing games, or watching movies or listening to music.
    MacBooks have an actual keyboard, which help you type notes and other things, like reports, a lot faster than using an iPad, which has just a little keyboard that you tap on that is on the screen.
    Unless you invest in a pretty tough cover for the iPad, you have a high chance of cracking the glass or chipping the screen, because the whole thing is pretty much a giant screen, while the MacBooks are more protected and are easier to hold on to, because iPads are so slender and can be hard to hold at times.
    The Mac OSX operating system on the MacBooks has far more things you can do with the computer compared to the firmware on the iPads. MacBooks have a better hard drive and can hold more files and keep them more organized, but iPads have it nice and easy getting to apps by just sliding your finger across the screen
    Even though iPads are better for entertaining, and playing games with, MacBooks are better for schoolwork. For schoolwork, students usually need things that will last a very long time with daily use.
    Our school has a wide variety of apple software that isn’t compatible on an iPad. I own an iPad, and I think it is a great electronic device for listening to music and playing games, but an iPad is just a nice little tablet for leisurely surfing the web and playing some games and listening to music. It is not a full fledged computer. An iPad would benefit us with entertainment, but a MacBook would benefit our education.
    If you need a computer for working daily buy a MacBook Pro, but also if you have enough money, you could get an iPad. The iPad is a well built device and it makes a great add-on to having the MacBook. If you are just planning to get something for entertainment purposes for family-use, an iPad would be the way to go.
    Overall, they are both outstanding devices, but a MacBook is made more for schoolwork or a person using it at work, day in and day out, but an iPad is great for being a portable and fun little “toy” around the house.

English 9 persuasive essay

English 9 Persuasive Essay                                      `                   Seth

Some schools don’t allow music players in study halls or breaks, some even confiscate them from students, but why would they if some students are able to concentrate on their work and benefit from personal music while working on homework?

    I personally like using my iPod for music while doing homework. I make sure the volume isn’t  too loud and I’m ready to go. If I listen to music while doing homework I find that time passes way faster and I work more efficiently as well. I also have more patience in doing homework and work on it longer in one sitting.

    Most students like listening to calming music while doing homework, so even if the schools would allow personal media players they shouldn't worry about inappropriate music being listened to. Also, students that are listening to music aren’t distracted by others talking around them. I am (along with many other students) distracted much more from doing homework  by an in depth conversation than everyone in the classroom quietly listening to music and diligently doing their work.

There are many facts on how listening to music can benefit academics work, and students are able to express themselves without being judged by the type of music they listen to. People who are more into music get involved in classes like choir and may even get some musical scholarships. Students would be less sick of school, and would try just as hard as they did the first half of the year, and the last half. Some students that get sick of school stop doing their homework just because they are sick of it and sick of how boring school is; iPods allowed in certain times of the day would make school less boring.

I can see why some schools have outlawed iPods for during breaks and during classes, so students talk to each other more and so teachers get full attention from students, but why do schools outlaw them in study hall?

Students should definately be allowed to have iPods or any other media player because it can benefit them in so many ways, compared to the minimal negative reasons why they shouldn’t be allowed. I think schools that have iPods outlawed should consider the positive facts instead of looking at the little negative reasons (which are very few) and think again whether they should be allowed or not.