Throughout elementary school and middle school, one of my largest woes was carrying around my countless weighty textbooks. Now, in high school, obese textbooks have become an even larger issue. Whereas in elementary and middle school where lockers were close to classrooms and thus very accessible, in high schools classrooms are farther apart forcing students to lug around an entire locker's worth of textbooks. Oftentimes in the hallways I will see fellow students heaving a bulging backpack onto their shoulder while trying to balance several fat textbooks laying in their arms.
The heavy weight of students' backpacks and their textbooks can cause aches and pains in their backs. Also, the constant pressure will increase students' chances of injuring their spine when they get older. The two best solutions to combat this problem: 1. Schools can create online versions of textbooks. While some classes such as Spanish offer an online version of the classroom textbook, most classes such as math don't offer the same resources. Also, even though some classes will offer an online textbook, the website where the textbook is located is generally extremely faulty and will crash every other day. The unreliability of online textbooks deters students from using them and does nothing to help students relieve their backpack weights. Schools should invest in online textbooks more in order to create a more stable learning platform. With an improved resource, students will be more motivated to study online. 2. Schools should provide two versions of each textbook. Although this method can be quite costly, in the long run it would be very beneficial to the students. By having a copy of their textbook at home and a classroom set at school, students will not need to transport their textbooks to and from school. For more information on overweight backpacks: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/what-heavy-backpacks-are-doing-to-kids-bodies-_n_5700485.html
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