For Americans, Imported Textbooks Can Be Cheaper

mblase writes "The NYTimes has an article (free reg required, someone'll post the Google link any minute now) about how the Internet has trumped capitalism yet again -- the very same college textbooks used in the United States sell for half price, or less, in England. One sophomore imported 30 biology books this fall and sold them outside his classroom for less than the campus-bookstore price, netting a $1,200 profit." Wait 'til they shuffle the problem sets.

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Re:Evolution

[nate nice]

Some really dumb school board (read, mom's and dad's run this) in Kansas thought it was wrong to teach evolution as a fact, so they made it where it couldn't be taught as "hard" science. It was shortly overturned by courts as many teachers and parents were embarrassed about this. Yup, many idiots run our school system, especially out in the rural areas. Shit like this would never happen in a decent sized city here. We just have too much land and area that we allow these inbreeds to keep inbreeding with each other, giving the rest of us a bad name...that and our inbreed president.