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Garrett E
“Oh no! The computer isn’t working. What am I going to do?” The average American family uses a computer over 2 hours a day. What would we do if computers were never invented? I don’t know. But three of the reasons people use computers today are for businesses, for emergencies, and just for pleasure.
To begin with, one of the reasons Americans use computers is for businesses. If you want a job these days, you have to know how to use a computer. In a business, computers are useful because they can store information and do almost a whole job at once. None of the people in America could do 30 multiplication facts at once and in a business something has to be able to do that and a computer can. Sometimes business managers pay more for a computer to use to do a job than they would pay a person. But there are always flaws in having only computers to remember things. One example is if you lose power, and you don’t have a generator to give you power, you wouldn’t be able to do any business. Now in a time when you don’t have power to a computer, there has to have been some type of emergency.
In addition, another reason most Americans use computers is in emergencies. As you know, normally when you need something the most, like a phone, you won’t be able to find it. So a computer is a good backup plan for an emergency. Even though computers aren’t the best in fires or robberies, they are good for a family emergency. If you want you can email someone which, unless the person you are emailing is on the computer when you click send, will normally take at least a couple of hours. In other cases, you might want to talk something over with someone live. All you have to do is get on an online chat room or a live web cam. Now the final reason most American families use a computer is the one everyone likes. So read on and find out.
Last but not least, most American families use computers for pleasure. One of the favorites is for computer games. There are many websites that have games on them, and there are also many games that come on discs. The games can be anywhere from playing hide and seek with Barney to extreme sports like skiing away from an avalanche. Another way people use computers for pleasure is for e-mailing each other. On an e-mail, you can say or talk about almost whatever you want. One more good thing about communicating by e-mail is that it’s free. One last thing people do on a computer for pleasure is read and write forums. There are fishing forums, sport forums, how to build boat forums and more. It would only take one computer to do all this and more.
In conclusion three of the reasons most American families use computers are for businesses, emergencies and pleasure. Now you have seen just a few of the reasons most Americans use computers.
Avalois T
TYPE, TYPE goes the computer keys. American families use the computer for many reasons. Some people like to play games such as kids, or check income, such as adults. There is a lot of ways to use the computer. Some people use it for emergencies, business purposes, and some just for pleasure.
To begin, people use the computer for emergencies. Why not? People may have to find where the nearest hospital is. Say for instance, a girl is choking. The family doesn’t have a phone, so they can’t call 911. All they have is a computer. They have to use the computer to know where to go to save her life. Some other emergencies is that somebody could have forgotten a number and do not have a phonebook to look it up. They would go on the computer and look it up.
Secondly, people also use the computer for business purposes. Some people work as accountants at banks where they need the computer. They have to put in the exact amount of money somebody is withdrawing or depositing. Other people use the computer to check income. If they are the manager of a store they have to use the computer to see how much they are earning on a certain product.
Finally, people just use the computer for pleasure. About 90% of kids go on the computer to have fun. Kids mostly play games, some watch movies, videos, or check their mail. When kids get grounded they can only use the computer for homework. The least popular thing to do on the computer is check mail. Some kids are too young for them to have an email address. They should wait until they are about 6 years old to get one and know how to use a computer.
Many American families use the computer for emergencies, business purposes, and for pleasure. Computers are a great way of having fun and getting some information fast. That’s why everybody should use a computer.
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Hi Garrett & Avalois,
Great job on this assignment. I was really impressed with your lead paragraphs. It really got me pulled into your writing. If you don’t mind, I am going to pass this link on to our 6th, 7th and 8th grade teachers. I think this would be a great assignment for kids at our school. I remember when we didn’t have computers. We are all so much more productive with them – and we have more fun too.
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