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re: Did you actually read any of your college textbooks?
Posted on 1/30/24 at 10:52 am to Saint Alfonzo
Posted on 1/30/24 at 10:52 am to Saint Alfonzo
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Why wouldn't you read them?
Seems to be an unpopular opinion on here but there’s plenty of online resources these days.
Plus it really depends on the prof. Some teach straight out of the book so in that case it makes sense. But some of them focus/hone in on very particular things. In that case reading the book while not a waste of time might not be the best way for everyone
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Posted on 1/30/24 at 10:55 am to CAD703X
Yes, granted they were stone tablets back then but hard to succeed in my field without reading the texts.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 10:57 am to Cheese Grits
quote:probably still expensive as frick
granted they were stone tablets back then but hard to succeed in my field without reading the texts.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 10:58 am to CAD703X
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Did you actually read any of your college textbooks?
Yes. But only the chapters assigned.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:06 am to POTUS2024
I read and highlighted a ton of points to study on 90% of the books I bought.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:14 am to CAD703X
Read it cover to cover in school, re-read it years later, and it still sits on my bookshelf. One of two of the only textbooks I kept after school.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:22 am to CAD703X
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I'm going with NO. I did enjoy the American History narrative books but I couldn't focus for 30 seconds on a biology or chemistry book.
Try that with any engineering or science major.
My lasting memory of ME 3333 (thermodynamics) at LSU is getting the first test back and the professor drawing a histogram on the board showing a class average of 27.
Then he basically said "I will fail all of you" with mulple expletives. Good luck.
Meanwhile other majors ask if we read textbooks
.Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:29 am to CAD703X
When I taught a college Collective Bargaining" class, I was forced (as an adjunct) to use a particular textbook. I hated it because the book had almost no practical information. It focused on history, politics and social issues leading to unionization.
I compiled seminar materials from various speaking engagements and created my own supplemental text. We used that almost exclusively. My students were almost all HR people or graduating Seniors who wanted to get into HR. They deserved a better textbook.
I compiled seminar materials from various speaking engagements and created my own supplemental text. We used that almost exclusively. My students were almost all HR people or graduating Seniors who wanted to get into HR. They deserved a better textbook.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:31 am to CAD703X
Yes, I did. Did all the problems at the end of each chapter for a statistics class too and that turned out to be the entire final exam - which was open book, open notes.
Nice surprise, I aced that course.
Nice surprise, I aced that course.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:36 am to CAD703X
I bought a good bit of books that were "required" but we never used. They were written by the department head. Crappy books.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:41 am to CAD703X
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I did enjoy the American History narrative books
Check out the history that doesn't suck podcast.
I enjoyed reading my psychology textbook as well. If that profession wasn't full of snake oil salesmen I'd have more respect for it.
This post was edited on 1/30/24 at 11:41 am
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:44 am to CAD703X
The only books I ever recall reading in college were the philosophy books like the Great Dialogues of Plato, Nichomachean Ethics, The City of God, and some Nietzsche compilations
Posted on 1/30/24 at 11:46 am to CAD703X
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Did you actually read any of your college textbooks?
I read everything the professor assigned to read in them. That was usually at least half, sometimes all. Why wouldn't you?
Posted on 1/30/24 at 12:24 pm to CAD703X
Not really, I only read a few that actually interested me. I didnt care about my grades. As long as I got a diploma that was enough for me.
This post was edited on 1/30/24 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 2/2/24 at 9:07 pm to brewhan davey
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Law textbooks are such a waste of money nowadays when you can find just about every court opinion that's covered in a textbook on Westlaw or LexisNexis, each student's access to which is already paid for by their tuition and/or fees.
IDK, I still have a bynch of my Westlaw stuff from back in the day
Posted on 2/2/24 at 9:26 pm to Nawlens Gator
Read them and still have most. They were your main engineering resource before the internet.
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