i love when teachers do this

the professor i work for (and have taken five classes with lol) is the best. first day of class, "this is this textbook with the required reading, you can buy it from the university bookstore, I found some copies online, also I looked it up and there's a PDF on google. ANYWAY-"
she's the best, also had us pirate grave of the fireflies for a class, she's had me scan several books for her. what an icon

I don't see a problem

I had a professor who was teaching us Intro to Business Management of all things. Freshman level course. During the first day he introduced himself as "an author" first. He said that he had written well selling books about business. I swear to God he wrote his own book, for the class, and it was $120. Completely required for the class. I almost leaped out of my chair and gave him the ole razzle dazzle.

"$68.99"
lul

Or something like: "Yes this book is REQUIRED you MUST have it ready by day one of class!"
Day one: "Anyway here's the pdf for free the first chapter will be reviewed in 4 months"

I never got past high school

My trade school teacher was like yeah this is the book you'll need, been out of print for some years now, some issues between the family of the author and the editorial, so we will xerox my book and make copies for everyone....

On a side note, what a great book. Favorite read this year.

AbeBooks. My teacher taught me that lifehack. It's a backdoor for teachers to get textbooks cheaply. It's strangely fairly unknown to many students. Got a 100$ textbook for like, 15$.
Not an ad, I swear.

culture shock was being in uni in my country (chile) where profs would share a google drive folder with every pdf for every single class and then doing an exchange program in france and profs expecting me to spend money on books when i'd already learn how to pirate everything lmao

Only fools pay for knowledge.

I had multiple professors assign readings from books they wrote, only the specific chapters were always provided for free, and nobody actually read who the author was for the first few readings, so it somehow was a big surprise to us.
All the books I had to buy and couldn’t find a copy online were books other people had written, although at least none of them were profiting off of it. Shout out to the one professor who just gave us a link to an anarchist archive of works for a cartography class, that made things easy.

also you are not allowed to use a photocopy of it

And there's always less copies available than there are participants in the class.

Now do one on art teachers. Rejects of society that they are.

I’ve worked as a teacher before, and being a total dick to my students was literally my favourite part of the job

I legit thought this guy was ashish chanchlani 😂man wtf..

I always tell my students 'Don't go on Library Genesis. It's free and there's no viruses but definitely definitely don't get your books there."

One of my favorite professors sent out one of those "I hope no one uses an easily available pdf wink wink" email and even went as far as to stop me as I was leaving class and to say "Hi, the student you are sitting next to does not speak English as a first language and thinks I was sincere about the pdf thing. Please inform her that I would actually prefer she does use the pdf and try to do so out of earshot of an administrator"

I had a professor promote his book in my first year, and someone in the year above me told me that quoting his book bumps your grade up in the course essay. Did so, got an A.

I had a professor assign an annotated version of a book that he had annotated, and all of the test questions and essays were based not on the book, but specifically on the teachers annotations.

I zoned out at 68.99

Anyone who requires you to have a specific, physical edition of a book is making money off it and should definitely not be allowed to teach as that is extortion.

I was radicalized as a teen when my college professor told me she went to school for free, her books were often a dollar as a formality, and that even though she wrote the book the publisher still won't let her officially recommend older editions.

I helped her go through the changes in each version and what sections got retitled to. They really make an effort the last like 10 years to make sure reprints really f*ck up the page numbers, so going by topic allows for people to buy the $5 textbook instead of take out a credit card price

That is one of the worst books I’ve ever read

mixed feelings. Students should participate in the economy of higher ed. But higher ed should be more socialistic too.

who is reading sun also rises in university lmao that is like grade 10 english at non-bullshit highschool

Remember coooooooooovid

Had a prof that wrote the textbook we used in class. He had it memorized to the point where he looked at the page at the beginning of each class and didn’t look down at the book the rest of the class and he recited it almost word for word. The creepy part was he also turned the pages at the correct point without looking at the book.

Is there anything in the US untainted by monetization? Do spouses measure each others pulse rates when they kiss then levy an appropriate fee for stimulation?

Never had a teacher do that or anything like it

My name is Rick, this hit close to home

My son made comprehensive study notes out of a number of his text books and sold them to other students. Even the lecturer was impressed and bought a copy to use.

Professor: "Buying the book is for the wealthy. We are third worlders, this is the website to get the book for free."

I've had teachers that expect you to turn your camera on during the pandemic at 0730.
I've had teachers that wrote the 130$ textbook that they themselves wrote that we only ever necessarily used on one or two occasions.
I've had professors that list in the rules that you have to be looking physically at your camera at all times and have to be dressed according to their expectations... again, at home at 0730.
I've had professors that tout woke agenda of inclusivity and neurodiversity while at the same time excluding students who have particular needs because "They can't keep up," and "this field won't be right for them."
All this while I spent 15k a semester while living in poverty in a fifth-wheel trailer home with multiple serious mental illnesses...



Professors are low-lifes...

I had a teacher once.

My girlfriend's economics teacher wrote his own book and sold it to students at the bike parking, cash only. Couple hundred students a year mind you

There's a body part synomous with professors like this. Prof wanted students to buy a <65> textbook because he was cired for a journal article she wrote. I should have looked for rhe dumb article.

My teacher made us RENT a book that we paid for and used a software DRM with an account we had to create to make sure we bought the book, and then during the exam we were allowed the book and the questions were book specific but only this specific version of the book was allowed.

Books, biggest scam in college.

That is a lot of money . Over here we have public libraries in all towns as I expect there are in the US . If they do not have the book you need they will get it for you to borrow from another library . It will only cost a few pounds and is much cheaper then have to pay out nearly $ 70 !

I had a professor that wrote the textbook we were using,but it wasn't printed yet, so had to buy xeroxed pages,at full price. You haven't experienced torture until you have to carry over 300 pages of copier paper to class because he didn't follow any resemblance to the order of the book.

Key words for this class are: drop this course.

I had a professor who loudly stated after the first class "I just leave this Hard Drive with all the material in PDF for this year here, and I leave you guys to decide what you do with your financial life after I leave the room."

I did really like that book

I love it when the teacher make us buy ridiculously overpriced and outdated Chinese dictionaries when there are online apps that are literally 1000x better and easier to use

So this guy is gonna recommend Ernest Hemmingway but then get mad at his student for drinking? Pick a lane!

Rick was locked in

NDL