Posted on 04/30/2017 7:19:47 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
I could watch “The Obsolete Man” weekly and not lose interest.
You’re right about availability of information. Once a book is purchased, it’s available forever. It may get shabby or dated, but it’s yours. Even if the online materials are comprehensive, access can become an issue. Publishers of school text books generally have an online version available, but it’s limited access. Most publishers provide it as part of a book/e-text package for about 6 years. If a school has only e-text and can’t pay the ongoing fees, the kids end up with nothing.
Ping...
I hope they realize that xeroxing textbooks and a bunch of other material is a violation of copyright law. But, being libtard idiots, I doubt they do. Having a bunch of papers, many of which are sure to be misplaced or damaged, is no substitute for a textbook. Moreover, state law requires classes to have textbooks.
It is not different than the removal of historic monuments and other items that the left finds problematic. Remove the old text books, only allow the 'new' truth and they can erase the past. Mold it to fit their own twisted truth. Keep the upcoming students from finding out anything that does not fit the accepted world view.
JMHO
People burning books - sounds familiar.....
When books are removed, the Democrats can revise history any day they want. Electronically.
Not burned....composted.
The kickbacks must be huge.
Only four episodes:
- Printer's Devil (1963) ... Mr. Smith
- The Obsolete Man (1961) ... Romney Wordsworth
- Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961) ... Luther Dingle
- Time Enough at Last (1959) ... Henry Bemis
'Course, Pat O'Malley was in SEVEN episodes.
Regards,
The destruction of our history is beginning. How can the aspiring tyrants completely brainwash children and the society if a single textbook of the past is left and available? To everyone out there. If you have textbooks or any kind of books from the past, store them and keep them for the push is to destroy this society and have nothing left to build upon should civilization suddenly be destroyed by an event, man made or otherwise. Books, especially math, science, history, literature, music, philosophy, medical, biographies, children’s books, spelling and writing books, etc., from the past are national treasures. Please work against those who would take away our heritage in this way. Do not let them commandeer the education of your children. PLEASE!
How are bored students supposed to make flip-book animations now?
The local ISD started issuing laptops a few years back. Technology moves on. It took me four months to complete my senior thesis in college: dozens of hours in the stacks, waited weeks for supplemental materials to arrive in the mail, took me a weekend to type 40 pages, etc. With today's technology, I would have been done in less than a third of the time.
OTOH, we received an email from one of my son's teachers (he's a freshman in HS), busting him for playing a game on the computer in class. As one who spent half of eighth grade in detention for being a cutup in class, I sympathized with both parties, which came out in my response:
Dear Ms. Teacher, rest assured that I have spoken to my son about unauthorized use of computers in class. However, what did you expect would happen when you eliminated textbooks in favor of laptops? Learning how to use newer technologies is nearly as important as the information you are presenting.
There's more than a few of my children's teachers that do not enjoy interacting with me, and I can see why. I'm an amateur historian who lived in Germany for four years (learning the language in the process), did 8 years as an officer in the Army, two degrees, one from a Jesuit university...IOW, I grew up in an era when teachers taught, and students learned, and tested out at 12th grade reading level in 6th grade.
My personal experiences taught me what works in an educational environment, and what they're doing today ain't cutting it.
Sounds like my parents' house. Thousands of books. There's a library but they spill over into every other room (except the bathrooms). Same thing at my house. Need I add I was homeschooled...anytime I wanted to read something I saw in the public library, Mom would say "Oh I've got that." If not for their used book sales we'd probably never have been to the public library. She'd head for the sales rack like a shark, looking for titles she couldn't find anymore at home (because they were in storage).
I buy and sell homes, so I see a lot of them. When there are few or no books, it's always the first thing I notice. There's the unsettling question, do these folks actually live here? Without books?
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