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Kat - Oct 17, 2008 9:17:59 am PDT #5118 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Breaking into the politics stuff with an odd request....

Do any of you have copies of Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Brave New World, or Lord of the Flies that you'd be willing to part with? Starting November 17, we are going to be studying these books and I have just found out that the school has rejected my request to purchase these books. I have some used copies and would love to accumulate as many used books as I can (I need 65 total of Handmaid's Tale, and then 15 of each of the others) before I go out to buy new ones.

Please please please. If you have a copy on your bookshelf and you don't need it, would you consider sending it to me?

tommyrot - Oct 17, 2008 9:22:01 am PDT #5119 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I recently purchases Brave New World with the intention of re-reading it - I'll get right on that so I can send it to you. I'm pretty sure I have Handmaid's Tale around, so if I find it I'll send it as well.

You can send your snail address to my profile addy....

So do you need these by Nov 17? or before that?

Pix - Oct 17, 2008 9:22:27 am PDT #5120 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

Kat, let me put the word out at school. Our students buy their own books, and some of them may be willing to part with their old copies. Their copies my have annotations, though--I assume you'd prefer clean copies?

Barb - Oct 17, 2008 9:22:28 am PDT #5121 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

Kat, insent to your profile addy.

DavidS - Oct 17, 2008 9:24:59 am PDT #5122 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

and I have just found out that the school has rejected my request to purchase these books

WTF? How are you supposed to teach them?

tommyrot - Oct 17, 2008 9:25:18 am PDT #5123 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I also asked my bosses - one said he thinks he has a few of those books, and if he doesn't he'll give a donation.

So, Paypal or check?

Barb - Oct 17, 2008 9:26:53 am PDT #5124 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

WTF? How are you supposed to teach them?

Stone tablets, I'm guessing.

Our district rejected the middle school band director's request to buy new sheet music. Using the textbook funds that are supposed to be allocated to all classes. But band's an elective. So we get to pay an extra 150.00 for the kids to be able to have music.

tommyrot - Oct 17, 2008 9:28:49 am PDT #5125 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

In my HS band we just photocopied most of our sheet music (especially the little sheets for marching and pep band). But I suspect this might be a more risky option these days....

Kathy A - Oct 17, 2008 9:34:32 am PDT #5126 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

OK, this is freakin' cool:

A CD company, Archeophone Records has released Debate '08. That's 1908, dear friends, the master debaters being Williams Jennings Bryan, Democrat, and William Howard Taft, Republican.

juliana - Oct 17, 2008 9:35:23 am PDT #5127 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Kat, my mom is a former English teacher & works at a used bookstore now. I've put her on the case.

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