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I agree, but students going to a prep school probably don't have financial problems. *NM* Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 12/09/2009 11:31:53 PM
Here is my question, maybe someone can answer me. Where are people going to read books for free? E-books can not be given away or loaned, not without loaning the E-reader as well. I grew up in a somewhat poor house and money to books was not always an option, so I borrowed them from the school library. Where will this option go? The fact is that not everyone can afford an E-reader. Not to mention that reading on a computer screen for a long time gives me a terrible headache. The knowledge, and enjoyment of the library was free to anyone with a library card.

On a slightly diffrent note, storing all your knowledge on something that depends on electricity seems like a very bad idea to me.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 11/09/2009 04:00:08 PM 1350 Views
I find this awesome. - 11/09/2009 04:27:54 PM 767 Views
Call me archaic, but... - 12/09/2009 04:08:36 PM 752 Views
I think they should have done both. - 11/09/2009 04:36:53 PM 1098 Views
Ditto *NM* - 12/09/2009 03:39:19 PM 393 Views
I have to go with Tom on this one. *NM* - 12/09/2009 04:09:04 PM 430 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 15/09/2009 07:15:39 PM 349 Views
what heresy - 11/09/2009 06:02:54 PM 753 Views
I think this is probably a good decision. - 11/09/2009 06:14:28 PM 976 Views
For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:24:47 PM 994 Views
Re: For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:41:20 PM 865 Views
You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM 912 Views
Re: You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 12/09/2009 02:48:34 AM 741 Views
*gives you a scanner and a keyboard* Have fun. - 12/09/2009 04:57:58 AM 814 Views
Re: cool, thanks for the free scanner, but... - 12/09/2009 11:01:22 PM 943 Views
Right. And how many books have they digitized? - 12/09/2009 11:30:59 PM 732 Views
Re: About 8 million - 13/09/2009 02:09:09 AM 884 Views
The internet can evolve, yes, but it has a long way to go. - 11/09/2009 07:45:10 PM 890 Views
They still have physical classrooms, and they're whining about "outdated technology"? Pfft. *NM* - 11/09/2009 06:32:25 PM 421 Views
You say that sarcastically, but for the most part it's true. - 11/09/2009 06:48:35 PM 786 Views
You write that and its from the point of view of lecture - 11/09/2009 07:15:21 PM 822 Views
That, my friend, is precisely my point. *NM* - 11/09/2009 07:23:21 PM 411 Views
Appalling. - 11/09/2009 07:16:13 PM 902 Views
Apparently - 11/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 861 Views
Yeah, you can actually. Have you tried curling up with an eBook reader? - 11/09/2009 09:05:16 PM 847 Views
Keeps you warm better than a book *NM* - 12/09/2009 12:51:04 AM 372 Views
it's still not the same. - 12/09/2009 03:45:10 PM 820 Views
Ignorance. - 15/09/2009 06:08:15 PM 1087 Views
Just because you're unnaturally attuned to "new" things doesn't mean everyone is. - 13/09/2009 12:59:19 AM 759 Views
Your post was beyond stupid. - 15/09/2009 06:01:11 PM 834 Views
Re: Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 12/09/2009 01:00:48 PM 943 Views
I agree, but students going to a prep school probably don't have financial problems. *NM* - 12/09/2009 11:31:53 PM 392 Views
Some Prep School, and some students, hence "Some Prep School. " - 12/09/2009 02:04:38 PM 869 Views
bah, who needs to learn how to write a bibliography - 12/09/2009 03:47:32 PM 665 Views
Not really. - 12/09/2009 11:33:46 PM 784 Views

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