Re:College Students Can Now Rent Textbooks Electronically Fr...
by ivan_ah on Monday July 18, 2011 @07:31PM
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A friend of mine once brought a photocopied version of a 500p book to the open book final exam. The prof was the author of the book and went up to the student during the final exam.
"You photocopied my book???", and the student was "Yes, that is exactly what I did." Then they had a bit of skirmish.
In the end, the prof backed off -- and that is a good thing. He made us buy his 100$ book and, essentially, do proofreading for him. He was also a visiting prof, so none of this 100$ was going to be recoverable next year...
Re:College Students Can Now Rent Textbooks Electronically Fr...
by icebraining on Monday July 18, 2011 @04:25PM
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Where I study, photocopying is not only the rule, but informally encouraged by some teachers. And it's about 0.035€/page.
No kidding!
Years back, in college, I hunted around and bought a copy of the textbook required for a course on discreet math. It was small and very expensive. Later I learned that some enterprising students had gotten a copy from the school library and, at $0.10/page, photocopied it (or at least the parts needed) and saved an ass-load of money.
I have no idea if an open-book test would allow for bringing in a stack of photocopied pages, but ...