Debates With Hibba

  “Mom.” “Mom!” “MOMMM!!!” “What Hibba?! I just got into the bathroom!” “The bank sent you a mail asking you whether you want to get your billing s-s-stat-stat-stay-stayt-” “-Statments.” “Yeah, whatever those thingies are called, in paper mail or email. Can we do email? Can I have your email password?” “What- no! Now let me go to the bathroom!” Hello everybody! It’s your friendly neighborhood debater, Hibba, and welcome back to my blog. Yeah, I know what you're thinking: Oh wow, she  really was an annoying 8-year old ,and you know what? I couldn’t agree anymore!  Via www.giphy.com Anyways, today’s topic- assuming you didn’t read the title- is email versus mail! In my personal opinion, I think direct mail, or snail mail as some of you prefer to call it, is much better than it’s electronic counterpart. While it might seem strange for me to say that, just keep reading- and you’ll soon understand why.  Reason #1: Mail is much more legitimate. You can go wherever you wan...

I’m sitting in between all these teenage girls, just smiling, and thinking about how many episodes of Gaspard and Lisa I’ve missed now. You might be thinking about why a 7-year-old is self-torturing herself like this. Here’s why: My parents had some family come over, and almost all of their children were adolescent girls. My mom told me to sit with these teenyboppers, help them whenever needed, and follow them. And, oh yes I did. They sit for a few moments, talking about some girl who broke up with her boyfriend. Then they ask me for the Wifi password. I’m a smart kid, so from memory, I tell them. And then they take out their phones. And for the next 2 hours, that’s what they do. And for the remaining time, and sit there and either smile, nap, play with my finger, daydream, think, or say something “cute”. That was a pretty depressing day. This little memory was brought back from lubie’s suggestion: “ur next debate should b if people spend 2 much time on their phones??” A hearty ...

When I begin to read a book at my library, I fall into a totally different world. The boy next to me is also immersed into his book. But, it’s not any book he’s reading. He’s reading an e-book. That’s when I wondered: are e-books better than regular books? (After, I also spent five minutes trying to search up how to spell e-book. Was it spelled with a dash? Was the e capitalized? Or was the b supposed to? Well, after a long mission, I found out how to spell e-book, as you can see.) This is Hibba, your weekly debating blogger, and as you might have guessed, this week’s topic is: E-books or books? And, to say straight out, I LOVE PAPER BOOKS!!! I’ve read an e-book on an e-reader before. I know what it’s like. Swiping page after page, adjusting the text size, and downloading fifty different samples of books just because you don’t want to pay for anything. I know. But I just can’t compare it to lying in bed, and reading The House At Pooh Corner . I can’t. I d...