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On: Arizona School Won't Use Textbooks

Everytime I need some scholarly information I know that I head to Amazon and immediately look in the college textbook section, don't you?

Ha! What makes a textbook any more reliable than any other book, newspaper, magazine or Wiki? The ability to find real solutions in the real world has been lost. Schools should have students using readily available sources, frequently free, without permission as educational or fair use.
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use _Overview/chapter7/7-b.html

Maybe students will bring in multiple, conflicting sources, and a true scholarly discussion will ensue.

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