Arnold Schwarzenegger has a plan. Get ride of textbooks in California schools. The Telegraph takes issue with that.
From the story...
In his typically robust style, Arnold Schwarzenegger has terminated the textbook. From next August, the tech-savvy children of California, where he is governor, will get reference works for maths and science online, while hand-held digital reading devices – which can store hundreds of books – beckon in the future.
In the Governator's opinion, textbooks are "outdated", putting them on a par with other things that have served us perfectly well until now, such as five-day cricket matches, The Archers or the monarchy.
But while online resources may work out cheaper, and be easier to update, than all those hefty tomes, what would school be without the chance to doodle a moustache on Monsieur du Pont or turn down the corners to mark the tricky sections? What's more, there is something psychologically reassuring about a book. It is an embodiment of knowledge that is tangible and finite; you can work your way through its chapters, and see exactly where you stand.
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