On 11/21/03 10am, Cory Petkovsek wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:06:27PM -0800, Dirk Ouellette wrote: > > I'm planning to take my Nursing pre-reqs now so when I retire from the > > Post office in Oct '06, I'll be ready to go. the following is a > > requirement for my first online Math 60 class. > > Will open Office fill the bill here? > > Thanks, Dirk > > > > Course Specific Requirements: [image]Microsoft Word with Equation Editor > > installed. > > > > You will be submitting homework assigments as Microsoft Word documents. > > You need to have the equation editor loaded in Microsoft Word. Check out > > the following link for instructions on using equation editor > > Ask the course instructor if they are going to fund the purchase of MS > Word. Explain that while the purchase of a $50 or even $100 text book, > while a little excessive is acceptable, the purchase of $3-500 software > product just for the sake of a class is absurd and should not be a > course requirement. Ask about alternatives. Ask now, so that in the > future when you are ready for the class, changes can have had time to > take effect. > > Cory
If the instructor "brushes you off", take it to the department head, then to the director or president, on up to the school trustees, and then even to donors and other funding sources. Somewhere you will find someone who is concerned about education costs, and may be able to help the instructor determine whether materials costs are more or less important than personel costs. It's a matter about getting the school to examine its (de facto) policy about requiring specific software when proven alternatives exist. Everyone will benefit from your effort. _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
