Well, school is almost out! Next week I have two finals-one Tuesday and one Thursday and then I will be done for the semester! I actually have mixed feelings about it. Usually I am so excited to be done, but truthfully this time around I am not. I have REALLY enjoyed both of my classes and teachers! They teach because they enjoy people, and it really shows in the way they teach. They actually care about their students, and have made learning very enjoyable. They are very good at what they do, and very knowledgeable. I have come to the conclusion that I really do like Economics and Accounting A LOT! As a result, I have done very well these past two semesters(not to brag or anything) I truly believe that when you enjoy doing something, it makes all the difference!
So, now that I have gotten those feelings out....the other side of me will come out! Today was the first day of Text book buy backs. Last semester I actually got a decent amount of money back on my books, which made me happy. Well, I had Ian go for me today, to bring back a couple of books (one from last semester) and guess what....they won't buy the one from last semester back!!! It wouldn't be such a big deal, except for the fact that this books is TOTALLY A PIECE OF CRAP and has caused me a lot of grief! I bought the book for approx. $145 dollars. The lady at the school who decided which book they were going to buy, decided to purchase the WORST one! They decided to go for the cheaper one (since college students are SO poor) which was paperback, and because they book is SO thick and can't handle the weight of the pages or something, the bindings ALL split, and pages fell out! (Keep in mind, the books were only a couple weeks old at the time-so imagine them at the end of the semester!) Also, some brilliant person out there decided to make a little "window" in the cover, so that the first page which included the title would show through. WORST IDEA EVER-especially when it is PAPER! I am pretty easy on my books, but guess what happened the FIRST TIME I put it in my bag??....you guessed it...it ripped! Not only once, but 3 times....I ended up taping the dang edges of the window, and KINd OF prevented it from ripping even more! (yes it looked completely like white trash) Anyway, that lady came into our class one day and I told her my honest opinion of the stupid thing! (I really couldn't believe I did it after, because normally I am not the type to speak up like that) Well, she decided that the next semester, which is this semester, they'd buy the hardback one.
So, you are probably wondering why I still have the dang thing if the class was last semester?...well, I didn't sell it back last semester, because I was debating if I should take the second part of the accounting class (which went through the last few chapters of the same book) and then I didn't take it because my teacher from last semester was teaching my accounting class this semester, and I wanted to have him as a teacher again...if that makes sense.
So, now that most of you have probably stopped reading, because I am dragging this story out so long (I tend to do that...according to Ian) I figured there might be a chance they wouldn't take it back, and it was TRUE they WOULDN'T!!! They aren't taking back the paperback books, because they only sold those one semester (go figure, the one semester I had the class!) and they weren't good quality....no kidding!
Anyway, the lady proceeded to tell Ian that if he wanted, he could "DONATE" the book to SLCC's Library!!! WAS SHE SERIOUS?!?!?
Ian's response to that (which I am so proud of him for saying this) was...."Actually, I would rather BURN THE BOOK....oh wait, maybe I will recycle it instead because its EARTH WEEK this week!" (or something to that effect) The lady wasn't sure what to think, Ian left with a decent amount of money for my other book that they bought back, and me...well, I'll just have to figure out something to do with the darn book! (Oh, I forgot to include, I can't sell it on half.com or anything, because it is a "special" Salt Lake Community College edition....lovely isn't it!) Any ideas?!??! I would love to hear them!
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Gotta love book buy-back time, one of the many banes of existence for college students, and it always seems to piss me off some way or another. Good luck on finals :)
That totally sucks! I HATED that up at BYU-I. I always got so little back -- what are they trying to do? Kick you while you are down? I mean, hello. Students have got to be one of the poorest bunch around! I'm glad you liked your classes -- it's so much easier to go to school that way! Oh- and it was so fun IM'ing the other day! :) Keep us updated on all that stuff too!
Guess what happened when I went to sell my books back on Friday?! They wouldn't take back any of them! Why? Because none were being used next semester but perhaps try back in December. Pathetic!
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