"dennis roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > SIDEBAR > > many moons ago ... i had applied (why i have no idea) for a position ... > and (why i have no idea) was invited to an interview > > during the time there, there was a meeting where the president was part of > one of the many interview meetings (which tells you about the size of the > institution) ... and, he had looked over my vita and ... noted that i had > not had very much "scholarly" publication activity in the recent year or > so to which i replied ... that i had been spending that time working on a > revision to my text > > what he said next floored me (keep in mind, this was the PRESIDENT of the > institution): > > " ... well, you know of course that according to [and he cited some group] > ... textbook writing is nothing but HACK work ... " > > being in an interview ... you don't always say what is on your mind but ... > my first thought was: well, who the heck provides the textbooks that all > the students need in all the courses they take at YOUR institution ... ??????? > > i thank my lucky stars that they did not offer me THAT job > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Dennis, I agree with you here.
New textbooks are the only way to get the new ideas popping up the technical/professional periodicals out to the new students. There has to be a constant stream of new books in order to support the information explosion that provides the $$$ for the inflated salary of the "President that inter viewed you". David Heiser . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
