Klarinet Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2009/04

From: Michael Nichols <mrn.clarinet@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Orchestra parts Errata - "The reprint rumor letter"
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:20:05 -0400

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:23 PM, George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org> wrote:

> In Biology, this only works for a few years before the textbook really is
> out of date and should be changed. =A0I suspect Chemistry is slower, and =
other
> fields will each be different. =A0But we don't HAVE to put up with the pr=
ices
> of new books.

That only works if the professor doesn't assign problems for homework
out of the textbook. In most of my college classes they did assign
textbook problems as homework, so everyone had to have the same
edition of the book (because different editions had different
problems).

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