Laptop Instead of Books

If I were the superintendent of Oak Park and River Forest High School I would instead of books and all the papers that go to waste I would have all the kids using laptops.  This would cut down on the price we pay for all the books that not every classes uses them.  It is just a waste of money to have all the books.

It would also cut down on the amount of paper we waste.  With all the handouts and miscellaneous papers floating around in students backpacks and on the ground.  It would just be the more "Green" of us to switch to laptops.

This change would be expensive in the beginning but in the long run it would save money because we would cut down on the recycling bills and the price of all the books that just sit on the selves half the time.  This is also a good thing for the students with just caring the laptop it would be less weight on their backs.

Comments

[sydney]

i agree && also like this idea

[Camayia D.]

This is a good idea with the laptops because we are wasting paper and killing trees and all of that && we already rely on technology so the laptops will make everything more easier. Totally agree!

[Christian Minaghan]

I totally agree with this because I have been noticing that our teachers are wasting a lot of paper. Many times my teacher will tell us to get out a new sheet of paper and we wont even use half of it. We also have too many heavy textbooks. I agree in the long run this wastes a lot of paper and money. The only thing that I would change about this idea is the fact that we should get Ipads instead of laptops. This would be cheaper than laptops and we would be able to get our textbooks on the Ipad. Like Ben said it would be much cheaper in the long run.