[ODDITHER]

You know, if I was a teacher, I would use the outdated books as a learning tool. Just like finding the hidden picture in magazines is used as an advertising tool, so could be the text books.

Of course this would take the teacher reading the book also .... hmmmm what a novel concept.


I will never forget the year that it took all year to get our English literaature books. We were forced to read Shakespeare out loud in class - passing the books back and forth when it was our turn to read. We also were made to learn the meaning of all the prefixes, suffixes, and many root words so that we could find the definitions of many words.

Oh thank God we didn't have text books that year.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Your solution is so obvious but these aren't the schools we remember.

To solve students' math problems, eucators go to school - Boosting teacher skills seen as key*** The report also recommends that colleges and universities boost their math requirements for education majors. Many schools require no more than a single math course for future teachers. ``It's a vicious cycle,'' Fortmann said. ``People don't learn math very well in school, they avoid math in college, and the cycle continues. What we're hoping to do here is break the cycle.'' ***

Pasadena teacher who assigned politically charged letter writing to resign*** Williams, a member of the teachers association and president of the Pasadena Educators Association, took the letters to Austin in March. Many of the students pleaded for legislators to spare field trips, textbooks and teacher salaries from the budget ax.***

"persistently dangerous" - School-safety rankings - or just black marks?*** At the heart of the discrepancy may well be a reluctance on the part of educators to report campus crime fully. A survey by the National Association of School Resource Officers found that 89 percent of school police believe crime is already underreported. "It's the scarlet letter in education today," says Mr. Trump. "Administrators have said to me privately that they would rather be academically failing than be a dangerous school."***

3 F's, they're out: Edison sees teacher shake-up*** While the district does not have access to the standardized test scores of individual teachers' students, it can review results by subject and grade, she said. Since reading scores fell at Edison -- only 3 percent of freshmen and 4 percent of seniors were classified at least proficient in 2003 -- they decided to shake up the English department.***

[A. Pole]

We were forced to read Shakespeare out loud in class - passing the books back and forth when it was our turn to read.

Isn't Shakespeare outdated? :)