Teacher Sells Ads On Tests

Tom Farber, a calculus teacher at Rancho Bernardo high school in San Diego, has come up with a unique way of covering district cuts to his supplies budget. He sells ads on his tests. "Tough times call for tough actions," Tom says. The price of an ad on a Mr. Farber Calc test is as follows: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, and $30 for a semester final. Most of the ads are messages from parents but about a third of them come from local businesses. Principal Paul Robinson says reaction has been "mixed," but adds, "It's not like, 'This test is brought to you by McDonald's or Nike.'" I see his point. Being a local business whore is much better than being a multinational conglomerate whore.

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...OR TURNITIN.com (appeal this week)

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's not forget the capitalist "Turnitin.com" site, who takes the works of the students and makes money off of the copyrighted works without compensating the students, archiving the works FOREVER (imagine how much a presidential candidate's high school term paper will be worth in a few years...)

Talk about an outrage!

Hey, the McLean Students vs. iParadigms has an appeal hearing scheduled for later this week.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

Due to my involvement in the trial, I have to post anonymously, and hope this gets modded up.