Sunday, October 3, 2010

Cheat sheets online

Students have used CliffsNots for a long time. Now, according to an article in the New York Times, they are turning to their computer, their IPod or their cell phones to get the same information for free. The problem is when this substitutes for the reading of the real book. The newcomer is Schnoop which contains a feature called "Why Should I Care?" and trivia, such as the fact that Shakespeare probably imagined Hamlet as heavy. Gertrude, his mother, notes he is ""fat and scant of breath" (5.2.269) during his duel with Laertes." Reference

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