[P1] iBook article in the NYT

[Tubadude]

You know, part of the problem with the heaviness of the books is that the
publishers are sort of dumbing-down the content. They seem to feel that the
students can't learn the material without a lot of colorful pictures,
charts, and diagrams, thereby increasing the page count. I think there is a
lot of padding in the books that doesn't need to be there. I was surprised
at all the extra stuff in my 5th grader's books.
My 2¢
John


On 3/05/2003 11:22 PM, "Jack Rodgers" <jackrodgers at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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