Comments on: The Price of Getting Edumacated, Part II http://www.educeme.com/2006/01/13/the-price-of-getting-edumacated-part-ii/ Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Anne http://www.educeme.com/2006/01/13/the-price-of-getting-edumacated-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Anne Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:12:29 +0000 http://www.educeme.com/?p=61#comment-194 I think the worst textbook experience for me has been the first block of education courses I took over Maymester (non-PU translation: three courses in education, with a week of real classroom observation experience, in 10 weeks -- CRAZY). The "educational technology" course required this hugeass spiral text <em>written by the instructor</em>. It was shrink wrapped with a small book about "education on the Internet" that we didn't even read and included a CD of things such as really horrible, cheesey PowerPoint presentation templates with bad gifs. Holy shit was that textbook BAD. T.J.N., I hate you and you write shitty texts regarding outdated technology and classroom techniques. I paid close to $150 for that bitch and the bookstores didn't accept buy backs for it. I think the worst textbook experience for me has been the first block of education courses I took over Maymester (non-PU translation: three courses in education, with a week of real classroom observation experience, in 10 weeks — CRAZY). The “educational technology” course required this hugeass spiral text written by the instructor. It was shrink wrapped with a small book about “education on the Internet” that we didn’t even read and included a CD of things such as really horrible, cheesey PowerPoint presentation templates with bad gifs. Holy shit was that textbook BAD. T.J.N., I hate you and you write shitty texts regarding outdated technology and classroom techniques.

I paid close to $150 for that bitch and the bookstores didn’t accept buy backs for it.

]]> By: Josette http://www.educeme.com/2006/01/13/the-price-of-getting-edumacated-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Josette Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:38:00 +0000 http://www.educeme.com/?p=61#comment-192 even after finding all my books for my history class on amazon marketplace and using my 10% purdue employee discount at university bookstore, i still broke $150 for two classes. TWO CLASSES! damn my $78 USED psychology textbook. even after finding all my books for my history class on amazon marketplace and using my 10% purdue employee discount at university bookstore, i still broke $150 for two classes. TWO CLASSES! damn my $78 USED psychology textbook.

]]> By: Anne http://www.educeme.com/2006/01/13/the-price-of-getting-edumacated-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Anne Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:20:16 +0000 http://www.educeme.com/?p=61#comment-190 <blockquote>Why not interlibrary loan?</blockquote> Because the thought never entered my mind! I always forget the magic that is a library. I will keep ILL in mind for next semester, so thank you, Lunadyke. Although, the bibliophile in me shudders at the thought of not being able to mark up a book as my own.

Why not interlibrary loan?

Because the thought never entered my mind! I always forget the magic that is a library. I will keep ILL in mind for next semester, so thank you, Lunadyke.

Although, the bibliophile in me shudders at the thought of not being able to mark up a book as my own.

]]> By: lunadyke http://www.educeme.com/2006/01/13/the-price-of-getting-edumacated-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-189 lunadyke Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:34:47 +0000 http://www.educeme.com/?p=61#comment-189 Why not interlibrary loan? I've used ILL services for undergrad and grad classes, and it works quite nicely. There will always be classes that require books that you won't want to keep after the semester is over, so why not just borrow them? Unfortunately, ILL services were cut for required books at my university this year. I'm convinced it has something to do with Barnes and Noble running the campus bookstore. Why not interlibrary loan? I’ve used ILL services for undergrad and grad classes, and it works quite nicely. There will always be classes that require books that you won’t want to keep after the semester is over, so why not just borrow them? Unfortunately, ILL services were cut for required books at my university this year. I’m convinced it has something to do with Barnes and Noble running the campus bookstore.

]]> By: Anne http://www.educeme.com/2006/01/13/the-price-of-getting-edumacated-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Anne Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:03:07 +0000 http://www.educeme.com/?p=61#comment-184 I know! I needed more Kahlua, too. :( I know! I needed more Kahlua, too. :(

]]> By: Chuck http://www.educeme.com/2006/01/13/the-price-of-getting-edumacated-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Chuck Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:51:51 +0000 http://www.educeme.com/?p=61#comment-183 So POL620 has like eighteen books*. The good(?) news is that they cost like $200ish including rush shipping on one book. And the most textbookish (read: expensive) of them all, I already had on my shelf, so I assume that means I came out about $40 ahead. So sorry to hear you came in over the $400 mark. Semesters below that are rough, but you kind of expect that. Over $400 is where it really starts to hurt. I mean, at that rate, you don't even have time to spend your loan money on liquor! * -- An exaggeration. A more accurate count is "one shitload of books". So POL620 has like eighteen books*. The good(?) news is that they cost like $200ish including rush shipping on one book. And the most textbookish (read: expensive) of them all, I already had on my shelf, so I assume that means I came out about $40 ahead.

So sorry to hear you came in over the $400 mark. Semesters below that are rough, but you kind of expect that. Over $400 is where it really starts to hurt. I mean, at that rate, you don’t even have time to spend your loan money on liquor!

* — An exaggeration. A more accurate count is “one shitload of books”.

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