[HPforGrownups] Was Harry cheating at Potions (was:Re: Bathroom Scene - A Different Perspective.

[Barb Roberts]

No: HPFGUIDX 165247


Unfair advantage from highlighting, notes?

Uh...perhaps because of the rule at your school had, you haven't seen 
many used textbooks. Having gone to a school (major US state 
university) that actually facilitated the used textbook trade, I can 
vouch that many of the marks, notes, etc. are counterproductive.  (You 
wouldn't believe the number of students who do not highlight the 
central points.)  Students using used texts need to be savvier than 
ones who have new texts.   Relying on some of texts that I've seen  
would most likely result in a situation that is the academic equivalent 
to Harry's sectumsempra spell.  Caveat emptor.


> Mike:
> ... I to went to a college that had an Honor Code. <still does I 
> suppose>
>  One of the adjuncts of that code required each of us to purchase new
>  textbooks for every class. <your tax dollars at work> This was so
>  none of us could get an unfair advantage via a used book with notes,
>  highlighting, etc...
>   	


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