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Aaaaahhhhhhhhh!! I'm sorry this is my first diary.

by jjellin
Fri Sep 4th, 2009 at 08:35:45 AM EST

I am this close to tears.  Just saw this article about Cushing Academy, a fancy prep school in Massachusetts that is . . .

is . . .

GETTING RID OF ITS LIBRARY BOOKS!!    They are apparently not only planning to go digital all the way, but they are actually giving away or selling their books.  They are going to rearrange things and turn the old library into a "learning center" or something.

I'm about to throw up.  

a_library_without_the_books

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