My niece, as part of her summer reading, read "Lies My History Teacher Told Me". I believe that she alluded to that being mentioned in it. I'll ask her when she comes back from school.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have always believed that the textbook industry was a long lived scam. > Most of the time they rarely made any changes at all to the books but were > pressuring teachers to update to the latest editions. Some of the teachers > were also getting kickbacks and perks as well. (like free trips etc.) Very > similar to the pharmaceutical industry. > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Martin Baxter > <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Wish it had been around twenty-five years ago... I remember dropping $400 >> in one semester for textbooks. (Danger of being a math/physics major -- no >> one in either department was willing to parts with their books.) >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> No problem! I think that this may be the "Killer business strategy for >>> the new millennium" for college books. >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Martin Baxter >>> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, Mr Worf! I'm going to send this to my niece. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There is a company called Chegg that rents textbooks to highschool and >>>>> college students for about 1/4 the price of the book. It is a cheap >>>>> alternative to buying them, because most of the time no one wants to keep >>>>> them! >>>>> >>>>> Check out Chegg at http://www.chegg.com/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <http://www.chegg.com/> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>>> Mahogany at: >>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
