Southwestern College in Chula Vista,
California is in the top one per cent!
January, 2006
Southwestern College bookstore is now in the one percent of
college bookstores who RENT books to students. Students
enjoy low fees at community colleges, but books usually cost
close to one hundred dollars each. Click here for Chris
Moran's story
California is in the top one per cent!
January, 2006
Southwestern College bookstore is now in the one percent of
college bookstores who RENT books to students. Students
enjoy low fees at community colleges, but books usually cost
close to one hundred dollars each. Click here for Chris
Moran's story
| It would make sense for classroom teachers to choose more of their own materials, instead of paying millions of dollars a year to big publishing companies for textbooks that WILL NOT BE USED IN MANY CLASSROOMS. For many classrooms, the state-supplied books are simply not the best choice for those particular students, or that particular teacher. If a teacher is gifted, and has knowledge and teaching skills beyond the norm, she is able to tailor lessons very precisely to the students in front of her, and to the moment in which a lesson is being taught. Especially in the upper grades, the state-supplied textbooks are sometimes too difficult for entire classrooms of students. The money should be used to help those kids, NOT the publishing companies. And TEXTBOOKS certainly DO NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED every seven years. Many of us have seen almost-new state-supplied books being GIVEN AWAY OR THROWN AWAY at schools across the state. |
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