tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post2739051507340444578..comments2024-03-23T21:27:14.158-04:00Comments on Aberdeen NJ Life: Don't Mess With Texts!Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-86005093754439850082010-02-19T20:59:39.040-05:002010-02-19T20:59:39.040-05:00My daughter's pediatrician recommended that my...My daughter's pediatrician recommended that my daughter stop carrying so many books in her backpack because it was hard on her joints. Doctor's note in hand, we got the school to issue her second copies of her heaviest books to keep at home. Colleges don't use monster sized history tomes -- they issue a series of smaller books that give individual authors' opinions. It is a much more wholesome exercise because you learn to cite sources that way. You may not agree with the author, but writing an essay about that is just as educational. The melange of ideas that most history books have become these days is probably worth tossing. I'm not sure I'd go with study guides because they are just as easily manipulated.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-37006550206570812872010-02-19T07:49:11.268-05:002010-02-19T07:49:11.268-05:00I've seen the elementary and high school histo...I've seen the elementary and high school history text books. They're crap. We should dump all of them and just use study guides. Save money, save kids from lugging heavy textbooks, and focus on the major events in history rather than a little bit of this and a little bit of that.Aberdeenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593197510549429078noreply@blogger.com