Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Sean Kelly" <s...@invisibleduck.org> wrote in message
I also don't understand why professors seem to always choose academic
textbooks on the subject when I know there are infinitely better trade
books available (which I generally already own).
Hear hear!!
There's also another phenomenon I've noticed: Classes that never use the
book, *except* for heavy use of it during the first two weeks. Call me
paranoid, but I can't imagine any realistic explanation for that other than
trying to trick students who have learned not to buy books until they see
the class *really does* require it (as opposed to the classes that merely
claim to require it.)
It could also be that the professor is new to teaching and wanted to try
out the book, but did not end up liking it.
Heck, one of the schools I went to, I know for a fact that the instructors
were *required* to choose a "required" book for their course and have the
bookstore order it. A handful of instructors would say on the first day of
class "Did you get the required book for this course? No? Good. Don't. And
if you have, go take it back. They just required me to pick one. We won't
use it, so don't get it."
My university's bookstore refused to accept returns without proof that
you dropped the course.
