2008 Woodie Awards
Gorlok Gauge
Do you feel your textbooks are relevant to your courses? Why or why not?
Issue date: 3/23/06 Section: Opinion/Editorial
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In most cases, yes. In other courses, sometimes the teachers just kinda teach and it's not relevant to the book. I would probably get the same information elsewhere without the book.
Patrick Vacek
Freshman, Computer Science
I buy my textbooks upfront. My classes usually have books that aren't relevant.
Lakeesha Burris
Junior, Biology
Some of them yes, but a lot of teachers need to be more discriminant about choosing textbooks. I wait and see if I need the book and then if I need it, I go buy it. One time, I had a teacher who had us read one chapter out of the book, so one guy who had the book made copies for all of us and then returned the book.
Russ Cunningham
Junior, Audio Production
One of them, I just opened the cellophane on about a week ago to look up something. Some of them aren't relevant and hardly get used in class. Only about one-third of the book is actually used and taught in class. The re-sale value really isn't what it should be.
Kim Jones
Sophomore, Computer Science
Patrick Vacek
Freshman, Computer Science
I buy my textbooks upfront. My classes usually have books that aren't relevant.
Lakeesha Burris
Junior, Biology
Some of them yes, but a lot of teachers need to be more discriminant about choosing textbooks. I wait and see if I need the book and then if I need it, I go buy it. One time, I had a teacher who had us read one chapter out of the book, so one guy who had the book made copies for all of us and then returned the book.
Russ Cunningham
Junior, Audio Production
One of them, I just opened the cellophane on about a week ago to look up something. Some of them aren't relevant and hardly get used in class. Only about one-third of the book is actually used and taught in class. The re-sale value really isn't what it should be.
Kim Jones
Sophomore, Computer Science