Rid Of Chromebooks Persuasive Speech

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I like learning new things, I just don’t like learning those things in school. I come to school to learn…….and see my friends. I come to school even though I don’t like, but that’s hard to do when other students are playing games and listening to music while teachers try to teach. The School Board should get rid of chromebooks for middle and high schoolers. Chromebooks distract everyone, and they break easily and don’t look very good, and something always goes wrong with them because of technical difficulties. So, I think we should get rid of chromebooks! Chromebooks distract a lot of people. It distracts the person on the chromebook from learning, or doing what they are supposed to do, and then the student gets into trouble for not paying

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