Should school children be given an iPad or some other affordable Netbook in place of Text Books?

I'm sorry to say but kids today are way too spoiled. Is a laptop or an iPad really necessary,to follow classes like in high school? I can understand while your in college or university but in high school? Really? Kids could perfectly without them a decade ago. I'm 25y old and while I was in high school I had to look up everything in books and I loved it. Sure it's more work but where's the magic in reading the internet for information? I personally like to learn over books/paper than the Internet.

not and iPad, but something cheaper and more suited for the job, definitly

My personal opinion on giving students a Netbook isn’t right because they are a huge distraction in class. That’s all students would do is play games and they wouldn’t pay attention in class when the teacher is teaching. If you give one grade a Netbook, you should have to give all the other grades in high school. Say if the freshmen get Netbooks in high school a sophomores, juniors, and seniors don’t get one, that isn’t considered fair. Every student should get on then.

have to say that if i had to click buttons or press digitally rendered buttons to turn pages in a book i would lose it. i like to flip back and forth through books and chapters, highlight things, and makes notes all over the place. i think obama said it best when he mentioned that an ipad is simply a distraction. im not against technology or anything, i love computers and the fun and interesting things they create, but nothing beats a real live book when it comes to studying and research.

I would love if that could happen. A tablet would is the best thing for students Write , study , read all in one you dont have to take the big backpacks...

Chisum You NEED to chill about that stuff because if they gave us ipad or laptops NO MORE BOOKS AND PAPER AND THAT WILL SAVE TREES and us