Hmmm! I didn't know that. I wrote an article for my jr.college's newspaper and they gave me 4 pages. :)
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > 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 > > > >
