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____/ JeffM on Saturday 02 Jul 2011 01:55 : \____
>>Roy Schestowitz write:
>>>because Texas is such a large state[,]
>>>when the publisher print it for the Texas 'standard'[,]
>>>all other states' kids (next generation) receive the same disinformation.
>>>
> That's the heart of it, right there.
>
> Richard Feynman wrote about his experiences
> being on a textbook approval board.
> The members had no particular expertise in the subjects.
> They DID NOT even *read* the books.
Like people who voted for Microsoft on OOXML without even reading that mess.
> Most of the copies they received for perusal
> didn't even have their spines cracked.
> It would be comical--if it wasn't so infuriating.
>
> This textbook/ID crap went on in other states before Texas.
> An excellent PBS presentation about Delaware:
> http://google.com/search?q=%22.Intelligent.Design.on.Trial%22
>
> I aways come back to this meme on this topic.
> http://google.com/search?q=%22.Kansas.Museum.of.Science%22
> specifically, this image:
> http://toddholm.com/main/img_1200286940_14991_1209626408_mod_646_536.jpg
>
> Homer wrote:
>>then they should make their own textbooks and quit whining
>>
> Ben Crowell is a college Physics instructor and textbook author.
> When these topics come up on Slashdot, I like to read his comments.
> http://google.com/search?q=site:slashdot.org+%2Bbooks+BCrowell+-intitle:search+-intitle:nerds&num=100
>
> Some of the topics have suggested **open** textbooks.
> They can be tailored to a locale and updated frequently
> (at a fraction of the cost with something like Lulu).
> Last I heard, Virginia was in the vanguard.
>
> eBooks, after the initial hardware purchase, would be very cool as
> well.
>
> It seems that the old meme
> where large states get to whipsaw all others *should* be dead.
> American capitalism being what it is,
> I have my doubts that will happen quickly--if at all.
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~~ Best of wishes
Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz (Ph.D. Medical Biophysics), Imaging Researcher
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