Online Poker Playing Leads To University Laptop Ban

Princeton University has decided to ban the use of laptop computers in all of
the campus classes, and other universities will likely follow suit. Laptops
were once welcomed at the top universities in the US, until professors began to
discover that students weren’t always using the computers to focus on the lessons.

Professors have found students that were looking at pornography, and even playing
online poker in the classroom. Princeton University decided to ban the laptops
because students weren’t staying focused on their school work. Even those students
without a laptop were being distracted by what was transpiring on a laptop of a
fellow student. Some students blame the professors for providing lectures that
are boring, and that they are unable to hold the attention of the student body.

While poker is a great game for students to learn in their free time, it shouldn’t
be played during a professors lecture. Unfortunately, a student that is denied use
of a laptop will just find other ways to refrain from focusing on the class. As
technology continues to surge forward, the universities need to understand that
banning technology will not help a student focus on their studies. It falls
solely on the professor and the university to offer lectures and lessons that
stimulate the student body and keep them interested in what’s being said.