By Maddi Rose Posted September 22, 2014
Would it be better if Lowry used tablets instead of textbooks? That may be a hard concept to wrap your mind around, but the school could do it and it would save the school some money. Instead of carrying around all of our books, the school having to buy multiple books, and having to deal with keeping up with them and forgetting them at home, with one swap all of those troubles could be gone.
Instead of carrying around five heavy books in a backpack, you could carry around one 10 oz. tablet. Those history books alone weigh at least 6 or 7 pounds. Sitting in those chairs all day is hard on students’ backs. Then the school adds on the million pounds of books and binders in students’ backpacks. Wouldn’t it be a great idea to get rid of all those problems?
The school board may argue that the students aren’t responsible enough to have an expensive piece of technology in their backpacks. They could just treat the tablet like any other textbook. If students break or damage it; make them pay for it. They make students pay for the lost or damaged books and do the same for the tablets.
Some people may think that tablets will cost more than books to buy and/or replace, but in reality, it would save a lot of money. The school spends an increased amount of money for each student for all five of their books, and those cost around $500 or more altogether when only one tablet per student could house all those books for as low as $200. Yes, some of those books may not be available on the tablets, but it’s less on the students’ backs and on the school’s wallet.
