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Jan. 10th, 2006 10:27 pmSold my geography textbook. Lighter schoolbag, heavier wallet. I got another two offers for my art history textbook. It's hardly surprising, considering I'm selling it for fifty dollars, and I bought it already used for eighty. I can't imagine what it costs new. If you want to embark on a life of crime, start out by getting a job at a textbook publisher--the books cost a fortune, and they're constantly printing new editions to maintain their monopoly by making used copies obsolete. I think the profs are getting a bit tired of it though; my Canadian History prof last semester advised getting the older edition of the text because it wasn't worth buying the new one.
Did my reading for two classes. The English textbook is a bit dry, but the class has one big advantage over the other courses--no essay. Some homework in a workbook, and a group project, but no essay! The text for The Reformation is a bit better, but still dull. The Canadian History textbook I'm using is Volume II of the book I used last semester, so I know what I'm working with. The readings that are a bit more promising are the ones for British Imperialism in Asia and Africa--it's just a set of photocopied texts from other books. At least those don't change as often. That's actually the one advantage of classes that use original books and ancient texts: the words never change unless a new translation comes out, which isn't that often. Those are usually dirt cheap because the school knows you can get them anywhere.
I'm there from 9:30 to 5:30 again tomorrow, but I get three hours off between my last two classes. That time will probably be helpful for essay writing when that starts up.
Well, I think that's about all. Good night!
Did my reading for two classes. The English textbook is a bit dry, but the class has one big advantage over the other courses--no essay. Some homework in a workbook, and a group project, but no essay! The text for The Reformation is a bit better, but still dull. The Canadian History textbook I'm using is Volume II of the book I used last semester, so I know what I'm working with. The readings that are a bit more promising are the ones for British Imperialism in Asia and Africa--it's just a set of photocopied texts from other books. At least those don't change as often. That's actually the one advantage of classes that use original books and ancient texts: the words never change unless a new translation comes out, which isn't that often. Those are usually dirt cheap because the school knows you can get them anywhere.
I'm there from 9:30 to 5:30 again tomorrow, but I get three hours off between my last two classes. That time will probably be helpful for essay writing when that starts up.
Well, I think that's about all. Good night!
