Secondary school teachers, do students still make covers out of paper grocery bags?
Posted by monodub@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 19 comments
In middle and high school I believe we were required to make textbook covers to keep the books in good condition. Is this still a thing? On a related note, wanting to keep the books in good condition suggests the books would be used for multiple years. Whereas college textbook publishers change the cover and call it a new edition. Can the secondary teachers provide any insight as to the shelf life of textbooks.
FastEngineering5534@reddit
What are these books you speak of? Everything is on a computer now.
Also, where I live, grocery stores bags are banned by law.
fenwoods@reddit
I for one am glad to learn kids don’t have books any more.
Kids getting eye strain from reading their course material on a shitty low-res screen? That’ll toughen them up! It builds character!
Why should they learn to enjoy reading when the adult world is a tough place where reading isn’t enjoyable?
wooleysue420@reddit
My daughter doesn't have any real books. Everything is on the Chromebook. I couldn't imagine trying to learn that way... But then again I'm old.
AlienDog496@reddit
How do they do math on a Chromebook?
Muderous_Teapot548@reddit
The same way I do? Since 2005, my college math classes have been computer based. At any rate, I hate it because my 12yo is device addicted and he'll fuck around the whole class. It's the ONE DEVICE I can't take away from him to keep him focused.
AlienDog496@reddit
No, I’m genuinely asking how. Putting in math symbols on a computer is a pain. I’m curious if they’ve fixed that somehow.
Muderous_Teapot548@reddit
Mine you just click the symbol you need. But, IDK what they do in class.
AlienDog496@reddit
Yikes, that’s what I thought. Super cumbersome.
monodub@reddit (OP)
Huh. I’m feeling old.
MlsterFlster@reddit
Same with my niece and nephew.
Daped01@reddit
Our school no longer has textbooks. All material is digital
Muderous_Teapot548@reddit
School books aren't really a thing anymore.
cerialthriller@reddit
It’s crazy everyone says it’s all on chromebooks now because the younger people entering the work force are barely computer literate
Aquatichive@reddit
They need to go back to learning from books, I’m detaching middle school this year and they can barely write it’s so sad.
janellthegreat@reddit
They also can barely type.
gbroon@reddit
We used wallpaper which I found out recently wasn't a very widespread practice.
SweetCosmicPope@reddit
We didn’t even use paper bags when I was in school. We had paper book covers by the hundreds at our school with anti drug slogans or that “be cool, stay in school” penguin on them, and we’d flip them inside out so we could draw on them.
ryhoyarbie@reddit
I teach highschool and they use their Chromebook. No one has books they take to any of their classes since everything is online.
My school doesn’t even have lockers.
rheasghost@reddit
Teacher here. There’s a few classes that still use textbooks (mostly Chromebooks) but no one uses paper bags anymore.