Why should schools get rid of textbooks? Textbooks are
heavy, and no one likes to carry them around. Schools should get rid of the textbooks
and have online textbooks it will save many of us high school students from
severe back pain.
So like many students including myself they have about
six subjects in a day, so that can mean up to six textbooks, or even more if
that certain subject decides to have more than one textbook that they use. Ap
World History is an example of a class that used two textbooks, and
unfortunately with one of the textbooks you had to bring to and from school. Just
carrying one textbook around wouldn’t be that bad, but it adds more weight to
our backpacks, because yes the adage of papers adds up with all the papers
teachers give us students. So all the loose paper and a few textbook is a
complete pain to always be carrying around. Some teachers I know they will tell
you when you need your textbook in their class that day, but not all teachers
do that for instant my Ap United States History doesn’t say when we might use
the textbooks in class. All this adds up to is back pain and the annoyance at
the teachers for dragging the textbook around. And like I said before, all
these textbooks add up.
I think that if the school’s got rid of textbooks and
replaced them with nooks or tablets (honestly any device that is lighter than a
damn textbook) then it would really benefit the students and save money for the
school by not having to buy new textbooks every few years. To be able to
download all the textbooks that the student would use in one device would make
it easier for the student as well. And the student just needs to bring that
back and forth from school to home. Another reason the schools should replace
the textbooks with an electronic device is students could easily access Microsoft
programs on their tablet or the device and so students that do not have
internet access, a computer, or laptop don’t have to worry about staying at
school late or coming in early to finish their homework since they would be
able to access it all one the one device.
The schools should just get rid of textbooks because it’s
a pain to always have to be carrying them around, and even if they don’t provide
an electronic device they should still get rid of textbooks and make everything
online. I’m not saying that’s the top solution they should do, because I for
one think it’s really awkward to read a textbook with a computer or laptop, but
it’s better than having to carry around textbooks. Or another suggestion I have
to solve this problem of having to carry around textbooks is make an app for
it; that way people can read it right off of their phones. Obviously though,
with this idea they’d still have to provide textbooks to the students who don’t
have a phone or a phone that has apps, but at least that would make it a bit
easier for more than half of the school.
I think that the schools should get rid of textbooks, it’s
really annoying to always have to be carrying them around, and honestly they
cause back pains with all the stuff that gets put into our backpacks we don’t need
the weight of textbooks as well. My suggestions are to get electronic devices
and start using technology, textbooks are ‘old school’ and we need to keep up
with the whole world and move on from those nasty heavy textbooks. Though I
know overall the cost of providing every student with an electronic device
would be costly, it would really benefit the students and the students could
raise money in order to achieve the switching of textbooks to tablets or
another device.
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