Many students have not been able to acquire the Aplia package. Those students with the package should do the assigned work, but all deadlines for turning in assignments have been suspended until the bookstores make the package available to all students. Professor Terrell
Of course this comes up on the website after I spend the $60 on just the program because the bookstore has no more packages.
So yesterday in History I notice I have the wrong edition of the spine book we are using (spine book the main book which the rest of the books in the class spider off from). So I figure maybe there weren’t many changes.
I head to the bookstore since I need to check on the Econ book because I really don’t want to spend 60$ on the computer program only when the whole package is only $100. Of course they don’t have the package, so no package for me it looks like I’ll have to spend that $60. I also check out the history book and learn that yes in the past 9 years it has been majorly updated and I do need to get the newer version.
So I pick up the book for $40. Which was not high on my list to spend, on the plus side the last edition of the book which I did buy was only $4.50 so I didn’t really lose money, I just spent money I didn’t want to.
So in otherwords I get to spend an extra $100 on books for my classes that wasn’t in my originial plan. Which sucks, but in the end since my Dad more or less pays for my books I can’t really complain too much.
On the plus side I am getting money back from refunds, though mail in refunds are a pain because you spend the money and then get back the refund 8 to 10 weeks later.
Well I’ve made it through my first three days of classes go me. So far my classes all seem fairly interesting. My Math class’ professor is a bit odd, but what can you expect from a math professor.
Both my Micro and Macro Econ teachers appear to be interesting enough. Of course the fact those classes have over 400 people in them does not help at all. They are both in the same lecture hall and the discussion class is held in the same hall and not broken into smaller groups. I’m not really sure why they call it a discussion when there are over 400 people there, since 400 people do not discuss anything all together.
Ancient History looks interesting. I like the professor he seems like a nice guy. He spent the first class showing us the difference between his dog princess and humans. Well 5 minutes of the class but it was still entertaining. That class has 140ish in it but at least those discussion sections are broken down into groups of 20 which can actually hold discussions on things.
Well I got my new laptop for school today, yay! It is really pretty, it is a powerbook 15 inch. I got 1 gig of Ram in it. It is really pretty and I’m thinking of naming it Dante.
I have installed a couple of programs on it and it is really easy to use which is nice. Everything installed easily and it was a painless process to get it to work. Overall it is a great machine and I’m enjoying playing with it a lot. It should be really useful for school.
I also got 2 of my last 3 books for school today. So only one left to go yay!
Now I’m getting ready for school tomorrow. laundry is done, bags are packed and I just need to make lunch. Hopefully tomorrow will go well and my classes will be interesting.
Well I have to say I’m fairly impressed so far with Amazon’s marketplace. On Friday I ordered books I need for the upcoming semester. Today the first one arrived. It was my most important book. My math book, and it is in great condition. Now I just need to wait on the other 8 books I have ordered. It was definately a nice experience though to get it so fast.
I went through and read the first section and it is basic logic so fairly interesting. I plan to finish reading through the first chapter before classes start so I’m ready to go next Wednesday.