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by Chai Wai Siong
S3S2
2007
Teens, leaders of the future, ‘stick’ to computer more often nowadays. We can always see many people commenting on the disadvantages of using a computer. And more and more cyber cafes have been closed down as a result of the complaints.
If you tell me that computer is more of a menace than a blessing, I will strongly disagree. There are several reasons that make me disagree with the statement made.
Firstly, computer is the utmost important invention in the recent
history of human beings. We can do a lot of things by using a computer, like
storing and retrieving data, listening to songs, watching movies and finding
information. We have a huge amount of storage that is available to keep
our data in computer. The wonderful storage capacity of the computer
can greatly reduce the storage space in a typical office.
Secondly, computer is able to work very fast and the speed of computer is increasing tremendously. The computer specialist has predicted that the
speed of computer will almost double each year. The development of computer is
progressing in such a fast pace that makes our life progressively easier. The use of Internet enables us to find any information conveniently, cheaply and quickly.
People nowadays have almost replaced writing letters with sending e-mails. E-mails can reach the destination in a very short time and no charge is imposed for the
service.
Thirdly, computer can be used to do a variety of work. We can enter information into it and process it into the form we want. We can even use computer to do a lot of calculation work. And we can have our calculation work done in the computer very accurately and rapidly.
Actually, there is no reason to say that the computer is more of a
menace than a blessing. The real problem lies with human attitude. There may be much undesirable information on the Internet, such as pornography and violence. It is just that the people misuse the computer. If everyone uses it properly, I am sure that the computer will only give us benefits and no evil.
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