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Please don't move to Maine, we're really not fond of outsiders (kinda kidding... :wink: ). I don't quite grasp why people are relating shortened textbooks and accessing information via computer as a reduction in reading material. In fact, it's been my experience through my own children that...

Of..emergency room incidents..not injuries, so yes it is fairly impacting. Riiight...Try getting a bit more vitamin B, it does wonders for your attitued. Well, once your done marketing your robot to the schools to carry books and wipe butts the backpacks and the texts will no longer be an...

All of our 7th and 8th graders have laptops here in Maine and by the time the present day 8th graders reach their senior year in high school every child from 7th grade on will have laptops. Each laptop also has wireless access. Phasing out of textbooks and into discs and internet usage only...

Riiight.. http://www.promoteot.org/AI_BackpackFlap.html My 13 year old often has homework in 4 subjects, carrying home the textbooks along with research materials makes for a very heavy backpack. In fact I'm no weakling and I find it to be at least as heavy as th 40 to 50lb grain sacks...

Well...regardless of what Cali's motives are, I'd be very glad to see a trend of shorter textbooks. I've actually even discussed this with our local school board. It would be preferable to have textbooks broken into quarterly units or some such thing, still covering the same amount of material...