For what it's worth, I've never had my credentials checked! Especially at conferences it would be very easy to pick up the books by pretending to be a professor.
In fact, a couple of years ago I took a Spanish class and asked the publisher's rep to send me a desk copy of the text for that class and I got it, without any problems. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:12:36 -0500 >From: "Beth Benoit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [tips] Re: The student as a con. >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > > I'd assume then that he was also given the Test > Banks. That should be grounds for expulsion. What > an excuse. Who can afford them? > > My experience with the textbook publishers is that > they seem to be very careful about checking IDs > before sending anything. They check with the > Administration if they don't already know me, as > when I choose a new textbook. I'm surprised > publishers would be so stupid. I have a good > relationship with a couple of the reps, and I think > it might be interesting to find out just what their > guidelines are. I'll let you know... > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Concord NH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Sylvester > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:00 PM > Subject: [tips] The student as a con. > At one of the colleges I taught at,a student was > able to get free textbooks by pretending to be > arofessor.He would add PhD > to his name and asks for complimentary > copies.Packages were being delivered to that guy's > apartment all throughout > his college career. > He told me that he could not afford the cash to > buy all those books. > Would this be an example of practical > intelligence? > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
