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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 08:24 AM Original message |
Professors Challenge Cost of Textbooks -LAT |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. this is a huge problem in California |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Back In The Day ... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. $100 an hour |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Tell me about it |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. My department has us use a large, expensive anthology |
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SusanF_CA (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Bravo |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Professors are just as much at fault for this problem |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Or if they stopped "revising" them that would help too |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. For Literature, Don't Forget Used Bookstores |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No, money is the reason that they revise the books |
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VirginiaDem (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It's much more complicated then that. Textbooks are expensive |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The professors who write the books get very little money out of them. |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. There are two different types of books written by professors. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. You're right; not everybody takes linguistics, |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. the problem with that idea is that those older books... |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. There is little the professors can do in many cases |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. A lot of my professors just print out enormous packets of handouts |
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elemnopee (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Not all Professors |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. No, the professors are NOT at fault. Here's why: |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is a serious problem |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's especially sad that UCLA folk felt the need for this. |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. some professors are now distributing class notes on the web in pdf form. |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. One of the aspects of higher "scam" education, |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Why don't they pick someone else with money |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. This happened to me in grad school for probability theory |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. Having worked as a secretary at a college I can tell you |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. Not "literally thousands of choices" |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. I buy my textbooks in India |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
29. Many students here in Texas |
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