“It is interesting to note that during the last ten years Washington's 'Farewell Address' has begun to reappear in college textbooks - minus the four religious warnings.” YearsChristianLastsReligiousInterestingFourCollegeTenNotesAddressesWarningFarewellTextbooksMinusFarewell Address Author:David Barton
“I used to keep my college roommate from reading my personal mail by hiding it in her textbooks.” UsedReadingEducationCollegeHidingMailTextbooksRoommate Author:Joan Walsh Anglund
“I like high school and college writing textbooks and find them very helpful. Whenever I'm stuck and seem to have no ideas, I open one up and turn to the back. There I'll find questions like, "Have you had any experiences with an alcoholic or a sailor?"” WritingIdeasSeemsSchoolTurnsCollegeHigh SchoolStuckNo IdeaHelpfulAlcoholicsSailorTextbooks Author:David Sedaris
“There are a lot of college writing textbooks that will include essays and short stories, and after reading the story or essay, there will be questions such as "Have YOU Had any experience with a pedophile in YOUR family?" or "When was the last time you saw YOUR mother drunk?" and they're just really good at prompting stories. You answer the question, and sometimes that can spring into a story.” WritingSometimesStoriesLastsMotherReadingAnswersSawsCollegeSpringDrunkOur FamilyShort StoryLast TimeEssaysTextbooks Author:David Sedaris
“By preventing a free market in education, a handful of social engineers - backed by the industries that profit from compulsory schooling: teacher colleges, textbook publishers, materials suppliers, et al. - have ensured that most of our children will not have an education, even though they may be thoroughly schooled.” MayChildrenSocialTeacherCollegeMaterialsIndustryOur ChildrenProfitAlsEngineersPublishersFree MarketHandfulSchoolingPreventingTextbooksSchooledCompulsorySuppliersCompulsory Education Author:John Taylor
“I actually think it almost works the other way sometimes: making a college textbook, say, look really "user friendly" tends to also make it look less "serious," even if nothing changes other than the design treatment.” IfsThinkingWayLooksSometimesDesignCollegeSeriousTreatmentFriendlyUsersThings ChangeTextbooksUser Friendly Author:Michael Bierut