[P1] iBook article in the NYT

[Jack Rodgers]

On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 10:55  PM, Michael Flournoy wrote:

> One of the issues is the incredible load of heavy  books the kids are 
> carrying. It is hoped that as subjects are switched to computer this 
> will lessen. This sounds trivial but it is not, I have to strain to 
> pick up my sons backpack and he never carries them all.

I was watching kids today struggling under the weight of their 
backpacks and wondered why none of them where smart enough to have two 
sets of books, one for home and one for school...

Maybe we should investigate the monopoly on knowledge that the printed 
book publishers have and their lobby with the school boards that spend 
zillions buying and rebuying their books. If the EB can be put on CD, 
surely school books can. Or the knowledge could be put on the internet.

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