Help? how can I pick that pen up?

Help! how can I pick pen up?

According to new media, State of California has decided to abandon paper textbooks, replacing by electronic textbooks. Do you think this is a good move? No. At least not all that great. There are several apparent negative aspects for kids and youngsters to use electronic textbooks.

The electronic textbook could potential train kids for bad reading and writing habits

Since the invention of paper, paper textbooks have been used in all classrooms on the earth. Flipping between pages of a textbook is in fact a natural training of coordination between brain and hands. A good reading habit is established right in such a enjoyable process. Any electronic reading device will to certain extent deprive kid’s enjoyment of reading, which could consequently train kids for bad reading habits.

On the other hand, using electronic writing devices at early ages will eventually make kids stay away from handwriting. Nevertheless, the importance of handwriting can never be emphasized enough. Since computer became a part of human’s life, many adults have had hard time to write even a simple letter without help from computers. It’s hard to deny this is a unfortunate deterioration in human’s progression. Should our kids give up pens before even knowing how to use? Definitely not. Traditional reading and writing are unique cultures of our society which we should never abandon.

Electronic textbook could impose potential risks to kid’s health

 It is a common sense that watching TV for an extended time is a bad habit for children as the images on display screens impose potential health risks, especially to eyes. How can electronic textbooks avoid such a risk considering their screens are by far smaller than a TV sets? In addition, any electronic devices more or less carry harmful electromagnetic emissions. How will electronic textbooks avoid the emission when kids have to hold them during the entire school time?  There are no apparent answers to these reasonable and serious questions.

Therefore, replacing traditional textbooks with electronic devices is not a great idea, at least at current technological stage.