The Scooperino // Does McGraw-Hill ring a bell? Have you ever gotten to class early and just stared at your book in disgust? If not, then you probably don't know who published these cinder blocks you used to carry around daily. McGraw-Hill is a textbook publisher and has published your nightmares. Last week, an angry mother from Houston ranted about the incorrect labelings on African slaves in her son's World Geography textbook on Facebook. McGraw-Hill responded calmly and respectfully, promising to change the mistake because it wasn't up to the publisher's standards. The online text was immediately changed and future prints will have this rewrite.
Analysauce // The community is beginning to pick out flaws in mass produced rules engraved in 'stone.' This may lead to small yet powerful changes to history in the future. McGraw-Hill will have to step their game up and stop making mistakes if they want to remain a liable source for America's students. Maybe we'll have a different publisher in the future, maybe Bonaparte will finally be tall enough to mount a horse without help. Who knows...
Links // http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/04/living/mcgraw-hill-slavery-textbook-mom-complaint-feat/index.html
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