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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] This could work but it would require outstanding teachers who work together well as a team. From the same article where you quoted the "textbooks are like crutches", they also caution: [i]"On the other hand, the overhead required to teach without a text can be high, and failing to commit fully can leave students in a worse position than if they had a textbook"[/i] I think the problem is that a lot of people feel that the teaching in the area is not as strong overall as the high school ratings suggest. While it's definitely true that many textbooks are overrated, in cases where a teacher cannot effectively teach with whatever materials they're using, a textbook can be a life saver for a kid who is confused in class. And we can agree that a school provided textbook that the kid and their parent could work together at home is a lot cheaper than having to go to Mathnasium, and other outside tutoring places.

College students have many options for figuring out how to get course textbooks, they don't have to shell thousands of dollars. There are tons of options nowadays including buying used, working with an older edition, or renting in digital format, all of them being much cheaper than paying full price.[/quote]

We are in the AAP forum, talking about mathnasium, and FCPS, right?

I know personally, in my AAP LLIV, they actually do work together a team. They collaborate and share not just within the grade but between grades, to cover the material needed. I thought that was the standard. But if you're saying that the teachers are loners, well.... I don't know if you ever taught in ES, but it doesn't work that way.

You still miss out on the fact that most of the curriculum and textbooks are digital too, so I'll just leave it as you are grasping straws here. The whole paper textbook thing is very backwards and outdated. What you see is just the tip of the iceberg of what the kids and teachers are actually doing.

As for college textbooks: you don't sound like a STEM graduate.

Yes, you can get them cheaper. Unless it's the new edition. Then it's hundreds of dollars per book. And you might even be sharing the dam thing. In fact, the college board suggests you set aside 1200 per year for textbooks. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/6/18252322/college-textbooks-cost-expensive-pearson-cengage-mcgraw-hill And even then, you can get them cheaper, but really, it's still hundreds of dollars, and if you’re premed, thousands.

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