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Public libraries should not be shut down and replaced with tablets for several reasons. First, research shows that digital reading leads to slower reading speeds, less information retention, and poorer understanding compared to print. It also causes more eye strain and health issues from excessive screen time. Second, libraries provide important benefits beyond just lending books, such as serving as study spaces, fostering community connections, and hosting educational programs. Closing libraries would significantly impact many communities. While tablets may seem like a cheaper alternative, they cannot replace all of the valuable roles that physical libraries play.

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Arugmentative Essay

Public libraries should not be shut down and replaced with tablets for several reasons. First, research shows that digital reading leads to slower reading speeds, less information retention, and poorer understanding compared to print. It also causes more eye strain and health issues from excessive screen time. Second, libraries provide important benefits beyond just lending books, such as serving as study spaces, fostering community connections, and hosting educational programs. Closing libraries would significantly impact many communities. While tablets may seem like a cheaper alternative, they cannot replace all of the valuable roles that physical libraries play.

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EXAMPLE OF A GOOD ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY: PUBLIC LIBRARIES SHOULD BE SHUT

DOWN
As online learning becomes more common and more and more resources are converted
to digital form, some people have suggested that public libraries should be shut down and, in
their place, everyone should be given an iPad with an e-reader subscription.
Proponents of this idea state that it will save local cities and towns money because
libraries are expensive to maintain. They also believe it will encourage more people to read
because they won’t have to travel to a library to get a book; they can simply click on what they
want to read and read it from wherever they are. They could also access more materials
because libraries won’t have to buy physical copies of books; they can simply rent out as many
digital copies as they need.
However, it would be a serious mistake to replace libraries with tablets. First, digital
books and resources are associated with less learning and more problems than print resources.
A study done on tablet vs book reading found that people read 20-30% slower on tablets, retain
20% less information, and understand 10% less of what they read compared to people who
read the same information in print. Additionally, staring too long at a screen has been shown to
cause numerous health problems, including blurred vision, dizziness, dry eyes, headaches, and
eye strain, at much higher instances than reading print does. People who use tablets and
mobile devices excessively also have a higher incidence of more serious health issues such as
fibromyalgia, shoulder and back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and muscle strain. I know that
whenever I read from my e-reader for too long, my eyes begin to feel tired and my neck hurts.
We should not add to these problems by giving people, especially young people, more reasons
to look at screens.
Second, it is incredibly narrow-minded to assume that the only service libraries offer is
book lending. Libraries have a multitude of benefits, and many are only available if the library
has a physical location. Some of these benefits include acting as a quiet study space, giving
people a way to converse with their neighbors, holding classes on a variety of topics, providing
jobs, answering patron questions, and keeping the community connected. One neighborhood
found that, after a local library instituted community events such as play times for toddlers and
parents, job fairs for teenagers, and meeting spaces for senior citizens, over a third of residents
reported feeling more connected to their community. Similarly, a Pew survey conducted in 2015
found that nearly two-thirds of American adults feel that closing their local library would have a
major impact on their community. People see libraries as a way to connect with others and get
their questions answered, benefits tablets can’t offer nearly as well or as easily.
While replacing libraries with tablets may seem like a simple solution, it would encourage
people to spend even more time looking at digital screens, despite the myriad issues
surrounding them. It would also end access to many of the benefits of libraries that people have
come to rely on. In many areas, libraries are such an important part of the community network
that they could never be replaced by a simple object.

REFERENCES
Sarikas, C. (2019, June 13). 3 Strong Argumentative Essay Examples, Analyzed.
https://blog.prepscholar.com/argumentative-essay-examples.

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