Your school has enough money to purchase either computers for students or books for the library. Which should your school choose to buy – computers or books? Use specific reasons and examples to support your recommendation.

Computers are a boon to the present generation. They are most likely to replace books in the near future. Some believe that computers distract students from learning effectively. However, the reasons in putting them to a greater use outway the reasons of using them otherwise. Therefore, I want my school to invest its finances in purchasing computers rather than study books. Below are the reasons why.

First, computers are a great source of information. They contain loads of data available through various articles, journals, audio and video presentations. Hence, students can widen or enlarg...

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