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A fine book shows no damage. Very good (VG) describes a book that is worn but untorn. For many collectors this is the minimum acceptable condition for all but the rarest items. Any defects must be noted. Good (G) describes the condition of an average used worn book that is complete. Any defects must be noted.
Standards for Academic Progress in Florida, for example, require a student to maintain a grade point average of 2.00 on the 4.00 scale. The student must also successfully complete 67% of the courses attempted, which includes previous failures, re-takes, and withdrawals. Additionally, a student may not attempt a course more than three times.
A reading copy of a book may be well-used, may include highlighting, marginalia, dedications, [6] and is suitable for reading, but is not collectible. This is a term used in the used book business, to indicate the lack of collectible value, while claiming that the book is in sufficiently good condition for a purchaser whose interest is primarily in actually reading the book.
Hey guys - this article is about the words used to put books in different collectable levels. Words that tell us why a book is on what level, such as "foxing", are on a different list - a book collecting glossary. Here is an example of such a list outside of Wikipedia: AbeBooks' Glossary of Book Terms .
According to PEN America's annual book-banning report, restrictions on books have increased 33% since last year, but students offer a glimmer of hope.
On "The Daily Show," LeVar Burton pointed out how ridiculous the book ban efforts in the U.S. are getting.
Students often use course evaluations to criticize any instructor who they feel has been making the course too difficult, even if an objective evaluation would show that the course has been too easy. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is very difficult to find a direct correlation between the quality of the course and the outcome of the course evaluations.
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