Seriously, dumbest thing that I have ever seen you write. The poster said she could not "curl" up with an eBook. I asked her if she had ever even tried. Furthermore, you have no logical support for claiming that someone can be "unnaturally attuned" to anything. Just words out of your reactionary position.
As for killing "kill radio, theatre, opera, ballet and the like just because the television was created" - the eBook will not kill the book, the same way that the Gutenberg Press did not kill the written word. It is about a better medium to convey the same message. Technology evolves. Hopefully your position can too.
Unless you prefer using a typewriter instead of a computer. Or using a landline only instead of having a cell phone.
As for killing "kill radio, theatre, opera, ballet and the like just because the television was created" - the eBook will not kill the book, the same way that the Gutenberg Press did not kill the written word. It is about a better medium to convey the same message. Technology evolves. Hopefully your position can too.
Unless you prefer using a typewriter instead of a computer. Or using a landline only instead of having a cell phone.
This message last edited by The Shrike on 15/09/2009 at 06:08:56 PM
Prep School deems books an "outdated technology"
- 11/09/2009 04:00:08 PM
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I find this awesome.
- 11/09/2009 04:27:54 PM
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I think this may mark the first time you and I have completely agreed on a subject. 
*NM*
- 11/09/2009 05:54:49 PM
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- 11/09/2009 05:54:49 PM
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I think they should have done both.
- 11/09/2009 04:36:53 PM
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I thought about making a post, but it would be a poor version of this one. I agree completely. *NM*
- 11/09/2009 07:21:29 PM
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I'd be shocked, except that I'm not sure why a HS needs a library in the first place.
- 11/09/2009 06:01:44 PM
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Most high schools have libraries.
- 11/09/2009 07:13:37 PM
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I'm not surprised, I've seen enough American movies and TV shows to realize that.
- 11/09/2009 07:23:15 PM
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Re: I'm not surprised, I've seen enough American movies and TV shows to realize that.
- 12/09/2009 02:36:33 AM
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I think this is probably a good decision.
- 11/09/2009 06:14:28 PM
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For colleges it's a very different story, imho.
- 11/09/2009 06:24:47 PM
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Re: For colleges it's a very different story, imho.
- 11/09/2009 06:41:20 PM
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You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here.
- 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM
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Yes. No one writing directly from wikipedia should BE in college.
- 11/09/2009 07:30:47 PM
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Re: You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here.
- 12/09/2009 02:48:34 AM
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*gives you a scanner and a keyboard* Have fun.
- 12/09/2009 04:57:58 AM
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Re: cool, thanks for the free scanner, but...
- 12/09/2009 11:01:22 PM
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They still have physical classrooms, and they're whining about "outdated technology"? Pfft. *NM*
- 11/09/2009 06:32:25 PM
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Appalling.
- 11/09/2009 07:16:13 PM
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Yeah, you can actually. Have you tried curling up with an eBook reader?
- 11/09/2009 09:05:16 PM
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Just because you're unnaturally attuned to "new" things doesn't mean everyone is.
- 13/09/2009 12:59:19 AM
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Your post was beyond stupid.
- 15/09/2009 06:01:11 PM
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Re: Prep School deems books an "outdated technology"
- 12/09/2009 01:00:48 PM
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I agree, but students going to a prep school probably don't have financial problems. *NM*
- 12/09/2009 11:31:53 PM
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Some Prep School, and some students, hence "Some Prep School. "
- 12/09/2009 02:04:38 PM
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bah, who needs to learn how to write a bibliography
- 12/09/2009 03:47:32 PM
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You're telling the wrong person; he has a form he wants them to observe.
- 12/09/2009 05:20:34 PM
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