---Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu wrote: > > i apologized for the insulting tone of my post, not the attack on cliff's > notes (which are nothing like an annotated edition). i stand by my righteous > indignation at the inundation of the little "how to be a better idiot" guides. > cliff's notes don't seek to elucidate a text, or prod a student to read when > they might stop. cliff's notes try to give a quick summary of plot with a few > quick answers to common high school test questions about themes and imagery > and allegory. they stifle rather than encourage reading.--matt > Matt, that is exactly how I feel. -Liz Friedman _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com