Why We Should Not Trade Out For Ipads

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Textbooks are heavy and ipads have more technology but should they switch textbooks out for ipads? Although, people want ipads instead of textbooks I think they should not replace them.
To begin with, schools already have chromebooks to use. “They live in the world where they have distractions where they have an ipad on their desk or a smartphone in their pocket “ said Dirk Delo. This shows that people have phones wherever they go. It also explains that how they need to use electronics for school.
Another reason to not trade out textbooks out for ipads is because it is a lot of money to waste on electronics that eventually going to get ruined by kids. A quote from Christine Quinn explains that it is wasteful. ¨Instead of wasting more money

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