Monday, April 9, 2012

Textbook fails

  • Textbooks are supposed to be full of interesting, educational information to inspire and enlighten students. In theory, at least.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Asked what prompted her to file the RTI application on Gandhi and send it to the PMO, Aishwarya told IANS how the term 'Father of the Nation had always somehow excited and interested her after she read it in her social studies text book.
  • (Gulf News)
  • In the fight, he broke Big Nogs arm with a textbook kimura, becoming the only man to submit the former Pride and interim UFC heavyweight champion -- nearly three years after becoming the first to knock him out at UFC 92.
  • (Sportsnet.ca)
  • And the fact that one in four students - more than 1 million students a year - fails to graduate with their class is a Some students learn perfectly well with a written textbook; however, some may be bored or need a more hands-on approach.
  • (Houston Chronicle)
  • In addition, the report fails to recognize three factors that come into play with delivery of any social studies content and those factors are context, emphasis, and interpretation.
  • (Education Week)
  • High school and college textbooks average $100 each speaking of President Barack Obama's agenda soon after he was elected, said "I hope he fails," a comedian said of Limbaugh, "I hope his kidneys fail.
  • (Orange County Register)
  • Punjabs Class VIII social science textbook mentions 80,000 animal species found in India but fails to list even one from the state itself.
  • (MSN India)
  • So it was a non-too heavy heart that I threw my science and maths textbooks away the moment my GCSE exams were over, happy in the knowledge I would never be confronted with another diagram or dissection ever again.
  • (Birmingham Post.net)
  • Or take Obamas repeated assertions that when Congress fails to do his bidding Those are for the civics textbooks. Obama has disdain not just for the courts and Congress but also for the voters.
  • (Eagle-Tribune)

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