Allow Laptops in Class

<-NARRATOR:-> Now listen to two students discussing the letter.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Did you see this letter in the paper?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah. But I don't think it's a good idea.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Why not?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> 'Cause I think students would pay even less attention to the professor, not more. I think they'd be too much of a distraction.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> How so?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Well, maybe some students would actually use laptops to take notes-
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I would.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> OK, you would... But a lot of people... most people... would be too busy playing around with them instead.
You know, surfing the Internet, e-mailing friends, playing computer games, that kind of stuff.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Huh. So you really think they'd pay less attention?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, really, I think that's what'd happen.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Alright, but what about her second point?
Don't you think if students had 'em in class, professors would be able to use the Internet as a teaching tool?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> The problem with that is not everyone has a laptop computer-only some people have one.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> True...
<-MALE STUDENT:-> So you see, not everyone would be able to follow along.
It wouldn't be useful as a teaching tool if only some students could follow along but not others.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I see what you mean.