I know. I already had it bookmarked. I don't know why but I still expected step by step solutions to the teaching portion in the TE. Otherwise, there's no point in doing them.

Yes, I personally prefer the 2nd edition over the 3rd edition just looking through them both on Archive and comparing them. However, the support materials and optional DVDs are more readily available for the third edition. I'm also looking into Geometry: A Guided Inquiry because the text appears to be visually similar to Foersters Algebra textbooks and the problems look very real world interesting which could be just the ticket for my oldest.

I just received and returned Jurgensen. The teacher edition doesn't have enough teacher support for me. The daily lesson chalkboard examples do not show fully worked out solutions. The book just gives a problem with answer and assumes the teacher can take it from there. Umm, not me. Off to buy Jacobs now.

If you have time, I'd love to hear what you aren't liking about Berean Builders Earth Science since that's what I had tentatively planned on us using in highschool.

Not the most popular choice, but it gets done here and my oldest enjoys it: Rod and Staff a grade higher than actual grade level. Read a lesson, answer comprehension questions, and then many times there is an optional activity or two that demonstrate. Each text is usually 8 units long with a unit test afterward each unit. Some of the 8th grade text (which we are using now in 7th) is material I can see in Berean Builders Earth Science samples online.

The package from Abebooks actually shipped overnight... From a completely different state than where the seller is. USPS says my package will arrive Mon. Coffee'ing bright and early this morning. Daylight is coming earlier in the mornings.

1. When I click the button to track the package, USPS shows a label has been made, nothing more. 2. I have... in an email that I have saved. 3. I think I can refuse delivery/return to sender as long as I don't accept the package or open it. I initiated return/refund on Abebooks and contacted the seller to make them aware. I then called and cancelled payment through my credit card as well.

I just got an email with a tracking number for the 2 textbooks I already cancelled.

VentPo: I cancelled one of my textbook orders from Abebooks. I just couldn't get over the feeling that something was off. I did some digging and found some BBB complaints against this seller (https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/austin/profile/book-orders/campbell-bookstore-llc-0825-1000216606/customer-reviews) that sounded eerily similar to my own experience. I was already beginning to think the seller was purposely putting off shipping so that the books I ordered would arrive with only 9 calendar days left for me to return them if they weren't in the agreed upon condition..... then I stumbled onto a website about bookjacking. (https://www.zubalbooks.com/article-bookjacking.jsp) I had no idea this was a thing. The seller's name is on the list. I initiated return/refund and called my credit card to force the cancellation since there's no way (that I can find) to contact Abebooks directly and I already was confident the books had not actually shipped despite the 'shipped' status because the seller was giving me the runaround about a tracking number and asking for more time. Less than 24 hours after I cancelled my order, the seller has the same books listed at more than double the price. There is no way to leave a seller positive or negative reviews after a transaction on Abebooks. Those stars you see are solely based on a seller's return/refund rate. End of VentPo

I thought I'd update this thread for future reference: Thanks to some of the above posts, I was struck with the brilliant idea to pick 2-3 topics and compare them side by side in Foerster, Dolciani, Jacobs, and Jurgensen. I am surprised to realize that multiple editions of the same textbook vary in how topics are presented and explained. I never would've known, had it not been for OpenLibrary and Archive. We chose Foerster Algebra 1 & 2 classic editions and Jurgensen Geometry 2000 edition. I will likely also buy Jacobs older editions for myself because I find them fascinating and maybe one of my younger children will prefer them to Foresters in the future.

I'm confused. Is Homey a male or female?

I think I got a decent deal. I paid $264 for 3 student texts and 2 teacher editions.

The Foerster Algebra texts just went out of print and jury's out on if/when another publisher will be picking them up, so I panic purchased. That's a thing, right? I also bought Jurgensen Geometry.

I bought more. I'm done now. Only 1 more teacher edition to go, but it will have to wait until I find one in my price range.

Kitten should be named Homey. Because everyone else thought he was so homely that you just had to bring him homey. I don't think he's ugly at all, btw. I think he's adorable.