The reps get a list of everyone who asks for a desk or examination copy of a book. I'd be surprised if he went undetected for very long.
Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA 19383 http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist...... in approximate order of importance. Subject: Re: The student as a con. From: "Beth Benoit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:12:36 -0500 X-Message-Number: 23 I'd assume then that he was also given the Test Banks. That should be = grounds for expulsion. What an excuse. Who can afford them? =20 My experience with the textbook publishers is that they seem to be very = careful about checking IDs before sending anything. They check with the = Administration if they don't already know me, as when I choose a new = textbook. I'm surprised publishers would be so stupid. I have a good = relationship with a couple of the reps, and I think it might be = interesting to find out just what their guidelines are. I'll let you = know... ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Sylvester=20 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)=20 Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:00 PM Subject: [tips] The student as a con. At one of the colleges I taught at,a student was able to get free = textbooks by pretending to be arofessor.He would add PhD to his name and asks for complimentary copies.Packages were being = delivered to that guy's apartment all throughout his college career. He told me that he could not afford the cash to buy all those books. Would this be an example of practical intelligence? --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
