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An example of Argumentative Essay
Should Schools Switch to Electronic Textbooks to Save Money &

Paper?
If you noticed many students in college are getting their textbooks

from either Amazon or another website which has their textbook listed
online. Real textbooks are made up of multiple hundreds of pages of

information, but this information is being written on paper. Writing A

textbook on all paper takes so many pages that it can be harmful to the
environment and cost more money. Which would you rather be using?
Would you rather be using a textbook that is online or a textbook that has

been printed into a real book?

The issue here is that it takes so many pieces of paper to write just
one textbook. A regular class of college students has at least 50 to 100
students in that class. If the average textbook takes around 300 to 400

pages or more, you can see how this can be damaging to the environment

and end up costing a lot more money. Some students have already learnt
that by buying textbooks online through Amazon, Chega, Kindle and other
websites you can save almost half the money you would originally be

spending on a real textbook.

We are advocating for all textbooks to be switched to being
electronic textbooks. Not only will the switch help reduce the cost of
textbooks, but it will also be saving the environment by reducing waste

and reducing the amount of paper used. The only concern we have is some

teachers refuse to allow their students to use textbooks online instead of
real life textbooks. This is unfair and is only hurting the environment and

the student’s wallet. What side would you be on? Do you support
textbooks? Or do you support electronic textbooks?

For every textbook that is bought and in stores you are essentially
supporting at least 600 pages on average to be wasted. Many textbooks

can only be used for that year as they are constantly being upgraded to
new versions. All the old tax end up just going in the trash or are recycled,

however, if you take a closer look at electronics textbooks they almost
have zero waste and are quite affordable. So, why wouldn’t you want to

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