Computers allow for taking notes faster during class and being able to organize them in anyway you choose. ... Instead of using her own notes on specific topics, my teacher would use PowerPoint from other teachers, teach under their curriculum, and save herself all the hard work. ... I found that having a laptop of my own for educational purposes such as research and note-taking was very beneficial but at the same time, I spent the last two years of high school staring at a computer screen, taking notes, reading, everything become electronic. In the end, it did help me get better in taking fas...