Oh Joy...I get a stupid teacher this semester...

[DaRizzle]

These are some emails me and a teacher of mine exchanged. The textbook is titled "Management"....think about how many textbooks have been named "Management" over time...I read her syllabus but it did not have the ISBN number and only said it should be the 8th edition.....Are you serious lady??? I had already seen it on the campus bookstore website but they too did not give out the ISBN but at least I got an author. So with that in mind.... our emails:

Dr. xxxxxxx,

I will be taking your MGT 310 class this spring semester and am having trouble locating the textbook. The closest book I have found is the 9th edition (you state the 8th edition in your syllabus). Is this book okay or am I always gonna be a few pages off? Do you have the ISBN of the 8th edition textbook? That would make it much easier to search for it on multiple websites to find the best price. Looking forward to your class.

Sincerely,

DaRizzle

(like the brown nosing at the end?)

Her response: (Within the time I emailed her and her response she sent an email to all her students giving the same minimal info about the textbook and that it was available at the bookstore.)

Thank you for your inquiry. Did you receive the email that I sent to the class? We will be using the 8th ed. of the text. It is available in the bookstore.


Dr. xxxxxxxx

Are you fucking serious? I told her it was the 8th edition in my short email! Did she even read my email or just see the word "textbook" and went on auto-pilot?!? wtf....

I eventually found the ISBN on my own during this time. So I tried hard to make it seem I wasnt calling her an idiot in my next email but at the same time telling her she should have this information in her syllabus especially for a book call fucking "Management" :

Dr. xxxxxxx,

Thank you for your quick response. Yes I am aware your textbook is available at the bookstore but they did not provide the ISBN number. I always prefer not to buy my textbooks at the bookstore as that is usually the far most expensive price. Luckily after my email to you I was able to find the ISBN number. At the bookstore they sell it for $115 and I have found multiple websites selling the exact book at between $40-$50. The ISBN number is 0324537700 and would help your other students save some money with that information. Thanks again for your time.

Sincerely,

DaRizzle Beeyatch

hopefully she was drunk

 

[Buzz Killington]

The closest book I have found is the 9th edition (you state the 8th edition in your syllabus). Is this book okay

you asked if it was ok to use the 9th edition.

to which she replied:

We will be using the 8th ed. of the text

 

[DaRizzle]

you asked if it was ok to use the 9th edition.

to which she replied:

I also asked for the ISBN number and my reasons why

 

[Buzz Killington]

I wouldn't imagine most teachers to bother to give you the ISBN number so you can order it online for cheaper. Just how it is, kind of unreasonable to ask them for it really if the book is in the bookstore.

 

[DaRizzle]

I wouldn't imagine most teachers to bother to give you the ISBN number so you can order it online for cheaper. Just how it is, kind of unreasonable to ask them for it really if the book is in the bookstore.

I think its unreasonable not to have it on her syllabus for such a vague titled book

 

[Buzz Killington]

is that the usual practice to put the ISBN in the course syllabus?

 

[Buzz Killington]

most professors assume you will just buy at the bookstore, and if the book is there, that's it. they have no obligation to help you save money by buying from resellers.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Not to jump all over you darizzle, but I'm with BK on this one.

You might be tripping on your teacher, but she is probably tripping on you. She skims an email from a student asking about the class book. She responds the class is using the 8th edition and it is in the bookstore. She gets a detailed response saying basically that you didn't need her help after all, you found the code, the book on line, saved money (oh and fuck your bookstore that makes money for the school)

I don't think the teacher feels this code is necessary to give, just get the book at the bookstore or get the title and author from the book store and surf it on line. If I was the teacher I would shrug my shoulders and say this student is going to be a trip.

 

[drexlersdad]

Not to jump all over you darizzle, but I'm with BK on this one.

You might be tripping on your teacher, but she is probably tripping on you. She skims an email from a student asking about the class book. She responds the class is using the 8th edition and it is in the bookstore. She gets a detailed response saying basically that you didn't need her help after all, you found the code, the book on line, saved money (oh and fuck your bookstore that makes money for the school)

I don't think the teacher feels this code is necessary to give, just get the book at the bookstore or get the title and author from the book store and surf it on line. If I was the teacher I would shrug my shoulders and say this student is going to be a trip.

pretty much, you are probably the only one who bothered her.

 

[DaRizzle]

is that the usual practice to put the ISBN in the course syllabus?

In my experiences

 

[DaRizzle]

Not to jump all over you darizzle, but I'm with BK on this one.

You might be tripping on your teacher, but she is probably tripping on you. She skims an email from a student asking about the class book. She responds the class is using the 8th edition and it is in the bookstore. She gets a detailed response saying basically that you didn't need her help after all, you found the code, the book on line, saved money (oh and fuck your bookstore that makes money for the school)

I don't think the teacher feels this code is necessary to give, just get the book at the bookstore or get the title and author from the book store and surf it on line. If I was the teacher I would shrug my shoulders and say this student is going to be a trip.

ill agree 99% of students dont contact the teacher before the semester but I think its a simple request...ISBN # please...Its her job to help the students. I like to get the books before the class starts, the bookstore is packed and overpriced.....But I see your point

 

[The_Lillard_King]

ill agree 99% of students dont contact the teacher before the semester but I think its a simple request...ISBN # please...Its her job to help the students. I like to get the books before the class starts, the bookstore is packed and overpriced.....But I see your point

Glad you didn't take that the wrong way.

I know I can be a much bigger "trip" on this board alone and god knows what my teachers thought of me.

 

[DaRizzle]

Glad you didn't take that the wrong way.

i know you better than that

 

[Buzz Killington]

I bet the teacher thinks you're asian.

 

[DaRizzle]

I bet the teacher thinks you're asian.

lol....fuck you

 

[Eastoff]

ill agree 99% of students dont contact the teacher before the semester but I think its a simple request...ISBN # please...Its her job to help the students. I like to get the books before the class starts, the bookstore is packed and overpriced.....But I see your point

Have you tried this? http://isbndb.com/
or any of the other 73 million websites that came up when i typed in "isbn number search"? The teacher is suppose to help you with the subject, not save money. that is something MAYBE the student resources could do.

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

I've never been given an ISBN number in a syllabus. The normal process is to go to the bookstore...they have the class lists and books by class there. You want to use an unusual process to order online, you get to do extra legwork...

 

[DaRizzle]

Have you tried this? http://isbndb.com/
or any of the other 73 million websites that came up when i typed in "isbn number search"? The teacher is suppose to help you with the subject, not save money. that is something MAYBE the student resources could do.

why dont you actually look at what your 73million links are...and the site you linked is useless with the minimal info the syllabus provided. Part of helping with the subject is making it clear what textbook to get

 

[Eastoff]

why dont you actually look at what your 73million links are...and the site you linked is useless with the minimal info the syllabus provided. Part of helping with the subject is making it clear what textbook to get

she did. it's in your book store. I can't exactly tell you the number without knowing the book can i?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

On a somewhat related note, what amused me was when I enrolled in a class and the required textbook was written by the professor.

I didn't know if that meant I was fortunate enough to get a professor who is so knowledgable on the subject he has written a textbook on it or if I got a professor who is struggling financially and makeing us buy his book.

It happened at least 5 times. The funniest was the one that made us go to kinkos to buy his text that they had on file. It was basically him just typing a bunch of chapters into his computer and having kinko's bind it. It wa cheap . . . so maybe he was doing us a favor.

 

[Eastoff]

On a somewhat related note, what amused me was when I enrolled in a class and the required textbook was written by the professor.

This has happened to me before. It's sometimes because the university wants to structure their system slightly different, they have some class that other schools don't.