Re: PHYS_L COURTESY

["Spagna Jr., George" <gspagna@RMC.EDU>]

Tim O'Donnell wrote:
-----Original Message-----
> From: Tim O'Donnell [mailto:odonnt@CELINA.K12.OH.US]
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:30 PM


> Updating is just plain American - keeping up with the Jones's
> Otherwise we would all live in older homes, drive our cars into the
> ground before getting something better, wear our clothes until the
> are rags, etc.

Not all "plain Americans" subscribe to the consumerist party line.
Teachers, especially, ought to model responsible behavior rather than rush
out to buy the biggest, latest, often least efficient, fad.

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