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Subject: Weight, Silicon is lighter
Posted By: Steve G
Date: February 19, 1999 at 00:14:17

The main point that I think that most adults miss in this point is weight. Many higher level classes require 500 sheets of paper /class to be carried at one time. This is on top of text books. If you have not been to school in a while you may have forgotten how heavy paper is. I believe it to be stunting growth of students. As on I can say that my backpack has caused back problems. Laptops are quite a bit lighter. Now I should not say that computers completley replace paper, as computers will not be able to be read in 10000 years time, if history is to repeat. However in the K-12 grades, weight is the main issue, not posterity.
Steve G.
11th Grade Student

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It doesn't mean I love 40 lobs of books William L. Rukeyser, February 22, 1999 (2)
- That should be: 40 lbs of books William L. Rukeyser, February 22, 1999 (0)
- Re: It doesn't mean I love 40 lobs of books Dr. Jack Christie, February 22, 1999 (0)

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* Comments: > The main point that I think that most adults miss in this point is weight. Many higher level classes require 500 sheets of paper /class to be carried at one time. This is on top of text books. If you have not been to school in a while you may have forgotten how heavy paper is. I believe it to be stunting growth of students. As on I can say that my backpack has caused back problems. Laptops are quite a bit lighter. Now I should not say that computers completley replace paper, as computers will not be able to be read in 10000 years time, if history is to repeat. However in the K-12 grades, weight is the main issue, not posterity. > Steve G. > 11th Grade Student