The "Ask Jo (NinJO) Thread"

Jo the Machinist said:
I think she is going to local a year or 2 before University. She's not quite ready to go off on her own.
Click to expand...

I went to the local Community College for 2 years before going to a State University and I’ll say that I learned more at CC because the teaching style was different. A lot of the Professors were still working jobs in their fields so they taught their day to day experiences rather than teaching straight from a book or required course outline.

I’ll also say that moving away for the final 2 years was the perfect amount of time, 4 years would have probably gotten me in trouble lol.
 
BTW, I just recently heard that Amazon is dropping their textbook rental program.

Ugh. The whole campus bookstore money laundering scam, is just... 😠

"Here's a brand new textbook. $330. Oh, you want a used textbook? OK, $250".

"Ah, you finished the class and don't need that book anymore? No problem, we'll buy it back for $50. Yup, we're still selling the used ones for $250".

Then they shut down a bulletin board where students were posting what textbooks they had, for exchange/sale outside the campus money laundering scheme 🤬
 
Good way to get yourself whacked. Get off the porch the next time one of their Prime Delivery vans comes idling by with the side doors rolled back.

img_6560_slide-b385b44bbf9dcee780e3853191fb78f6ed916167.jpg


"It's not personal...it's just business..."
 
bluemax_1 said:
BTW, I just recently heard that Amazon is dropping their textbook rental program.

Ugh. The whole campus bookstore money laundering scam, is just... 😠

"Here's a brand new textbook. $330. Oh, you want a used textbook? OK, $250".

"Ah, you finished the class and don't need that book anymore? No problem, we'll buy it back for $50. Yup, we're still selling the used ones for $250".

Then they shut down a bulletin board where students were posting what textbooks they had, for exchange/sale outside the campus money laundering scheme 🤬
Click to expand...
Yep. I never assigned the latest version of the book, and never made it necessary to buy one at all. If you can save the students the price of one book, it's significant.
 
bluemax_1 said:
BTW, I just recently heard that Amazon is dropping their textbook rental program.

Ugh. The whole campus bookstore money laundering scam, is just... 😠

"Here's a brand new textbook. $330. Oh, you want a used textbook? OK, $250".

"Ah, you finished the class and don't need that book anymore? No problem, we'll buy it back for $50. Yup, we're still selling the used ones for $250".

Then they shut down a bulletin board where students were posting what textbooks they had, for exchange/sale outside the campus money laundering scheme 🤬
Click to expand...
Don't forget "Here's a digital copy of the textbook for $150, but it comes with a one-time-use code to access all the required materials."

When I was an undergrad, for a couple semesters when I was doing common courses, I would literally stand in the book shop by the course materials for the courses I'd taken the prior semester and sell my used books to people browsing. They were clearly there and willing to pay at least the used campus bookstore rate for the book, and I was there providing an important service by saving them $10-20 off that price and getting myself in some cases more than I'd paid for it off the internet the prior semester.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top