Your head-teacher has decided to stop all access to the Internet at school. Write a letter in which you try to persuade him or her to change this decision.

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Your head-teacher has decided to stop all access to the Internet at school. Write a letter in which you try to persuade him or her to change this decision.

Dear Mr P,

It has come to my attention that you have banned internet access for all pupils. It is my belief, however that this decision is unjust, and counter-productive.

As I am sure you know, the Internet has developed dramatically over the course of the past decade. It has evolved from a basic-communicative tool, to the most powerful contrivance of the day. It is possible to collate almost any information and trove facts as scarce as "who died on December 1, 1909".

I can understand your concerns; plagiarism is common amongst teenagers. They feel that copying an essay from a coursework bank is acceptable. There are, however, more practical solutions that just turning rejecting the internet all together. K-9 is a powerful, free, easy-to-configure, web-tool. It filters and blocks any undesired material, inhibiting the student's abilities to gain access to these remote websites.

I understand that you have certain anxieties about allowing internet access to pupils, but the intrinsic benefit of the