Argumentative Essay On Backpacks

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Introduction:
If you have ever had a backpack that has hurt your back,shoulders,or any other places such as spine,shoulders,and hips, this is because of the material and sometimes this is bad for parents because they have to buy a backpack every time their child. I choose this problem because I have back pain too from my backpack. According to the article it says “Laden with everything from textbooks to sports gear to cell phones and laptops, kids' backpacks get weighed down with some of their most prized possessions.” It is explaining how with kids having so much inside there backpack it is weighed down with everything since we our growing up and we are going to put more things inside for school mostly in middle school.The backpack itself weighs 22 lbs when things are added inside the backpack.
Research Overview:
My problem is backpack weight and how it affects kids and teenagers also. The idea is to make a model of my backpack and make it more comfortable for kids and teenagers. Some researchers made the wheeled backpack so then they want have to carry it on their back so it can be easier. According to the article http://www.ospreypacks.com/en/group/vertical_endeavors__snowplay/variant_series some backpack makers have made backpacks were the features are very comfortable to wear. You would never found yourself leaning forward. Backpacks have been successful until technology started upgrading and when they started getting more bigger and when that started to upgrade the weight was 22 lbs of how much stuff we put in there now but when they were first created in the 1910s we did have to put nothing in there but in that time those backpacks were made out of wood as a frame how they use to make it...

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...long of a period they have to carry their backpacks.
This is the best solution because it relates to a school problem and a medical problem. This is good because it will help kids and parents because kids will not be complaining about how much their backs hurt after school parents they will not have to keep buying anymore backpacks wasting all of their money on over 5 backpacks a year the we kids use because of how it hurts.
Counter Arguments:
My artifact could be better if I could probably find other mistakes that that I could probably do it better,it will be better when the backpack massage your back so then it will not cause as much pain. I think that my opponents would say that my project is very good because it relates to a worldwide problem to all kids.

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