John, They just want you to be a well rounded individual, not just a techie... Regards, Bob S. (well rounded in many ways!)
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Miserere >> >> On 10 August 2010 21:35, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I cannot believe what a rip-off textbook prices are. I get $300 from >>> > the VA >>> > to buy textbooks & one book is $158.00 ... and that's the friggin' >>> > PAPERBACK >>> > version! >> >> Case Study #1: When I was studying in the UK I had to buy a Nuclear >> Physics textbook. It was written by an American and published by an >> American publisher, so I headed off to Amazon.com to order it, sure >> that it would be a lot cheaper than in the UK. Nope, it cost exactly >> DOUBLE on the US Amazon than it did on the UK branch, with shipping >> costs being negligible in both cases. Given that the book had to be >> imported into the UK (with the associated tax and business costs), and >> in small quantities given the small number of graduate Nuclear Physics >> students when compared to the US, I never understood why the >> difference was so large, and never again looked for textbooks on >> Amazon.com >> >> Case Study #1: When my wife was doing her graduated school in the US, >> I would routinely buy her textbooks in the UK due to their much >> cheaper prices. Most of these books were written by American scholars >> and published by American companies. >> >> Like the Italians say: Boh! >> > > Took a quick look at Amazon.co.uk, and it's $120 - 76.94 pounds ... usually > dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks. > > Although it is the hardcover version. > > It really galls, because I don't NEED this course, I'm just REQUIRED to take > it. > > It's a survey course for liberal arts majors, and I've already had college > calculus + specialized computer math courses. The only courses I had where > the math *MIGHT* be relevant or useful, I've already completed. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
