Internet-centric issues affecting schoolchildren in our modern life and times - an essay exploring the impacts of the Internet on today's schoolchildren

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Title of Essay: Internet-centric issues affecting schoolchildren in our modern life and times: an essay exploring the impacts of the Internet on today's schoolchildren.

Introduction: This essay discusses the merits, virtues and pitfalls of the new Internet age with close reference to its effects on schoolchildren.  This essay looks at the effects from (mostly) the viewpoint of a concerned parent, and presents strong opinions on the effects of the Internet on school children.  By doing so, this essay hopes to present a balanced view on the advent of the Internet, thereby enriching and broadening the reader’s horizon in this area.  In the concluding paragraph of the essay, a suggestion is made on areas of improvement, and lists steps that parents and schools can take to minimise the dangers of the Internet.

This essay was awarded High Distinction (26 out of 30 marks possible) at the High School level.

        The Internet is very often portrayed to be an extremely useful application that allows people to communicate efficiently in real time across places and even countries.  In this essay, I will discuss how schoolchildren are affected by the Internet, and how the Internet has altered the way they study.

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It is increasingly apparent that schoolchildren benefit tremendously from the Internet.  During the recent H1N1 crisis, some families went overseas to Indonesia in the school break and had to be quarantined.  As such, some children were not able to attend school and to have normal lessons.  However, the Internet proved very useful in such situations, where online learning packages were uploaded on the school’s website and this allowed the children to have their lessons at home, ensuring that they did not lag behind the others in their studies.  The Internet has many uses for children as well, as they ...

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