I am an eleven­year­old primary school boy and all of my teachers complained about my unreadable handwriting．So I started taking my laptop to school and using it instead of paper，books and    (1)  ．At first I thought I was in heaven．Writing essays had become so   (2)  ．Copying notes took seconds．I don’t have to worry about spelling   (3)   and whether I have    (4)    to carry my textbooks．I was always organized，as I could not leave my books at home anymore as they were   (5)    in my machine，so you would think that it was  (6)  as a learning tool．

Unfortunately，soon I completely   (7)   all my ability to write，which is very limiting when still at school．My spelling became worse as I no longer had to think about it  (8)   the computer’s auto corrector．However，this wasn’t what   (9)  me the most．It was the fact that I was no longer learning what I used to in class．The simple act of writing something down was a way of learning for me，and a laptop could never   (10)   that．Exams started to become  (11)  as I no longer knew all the words and phrases，because I    (12)   wasn’t learning it just by typing it down．Also each lesson was at least five minutes shorter because of the time needed to  (13)  at the beginning of the class and pack away at the end of lessons．Finding and learning notes in your computer is also less    (14)  ．Furthermore，a computer does not have the same  (15)    of use as paper，as paper doesn’t have to be fully   (16)  ．Finally I couldn’t focus on my class  (17)   I had the whole Internet at my fingertips．So during lessons I would often search the Internet and have  (18)  ．

As you can see，the   (19)  are far more than the benefits．  (20)  I stopped taking my computer to lessons．Now I perform better at school．