Today, I bought a textbook for my college class. Not only is the £150 book only sold by our teacher, it turned out to be a piece of shit that he obviously wrote, printed, and stapled together at home. When I went to the faculty about it, I was told it's all perfectly legal, and to drop it. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I bought my very first college textbook. I received a stack of hole-punched papers. My $195 "book" isn’t even bound together. FML
Today, I photocopied several hundred pages of my school's textbook because I didn't want to buy it. My school later says to just buy it and it will be reimbursed. FML
Today, I started at a new college. I bought my textbooks and went to my first class only to find out that they changed my schedule without telling me. I'd already opened the book. I could not get $200 back. FML
Today, I received a package that I thought contained a textbook for law school, for which I paid $130 used. Instead, I received a paperback novel titled "The Nosy Neighbor" by Fern Michaels. My semester starts next week. FML
Today, I asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." FML
Today, I got cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. FML
Today, I went to the local used books store to sell all my college textbooks. I spent several hundred dollars on them in total. I ended up walking out of the shop a pathetic $3.50 richer. FML
Today, I was taking the final exam for one of my classes. The teacher came over to my desk, grabbed my test and ripped it in half. Then he grabbed my hand and read the note I had written on it to remind myself to pay rent. FML
Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML
Today, I found out that my entire class, me included, has to rewrite the painfully difficult midterm we wrote last week. All this because the Professor left the exams strewn across her desk. The cleaners thought it was trash and disposed of them. FML
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littlemonster94 15
You can't trust the system! Throw it on the ground! Okay, I'm sorry.
Catkam623 27
Buy it, then take a picture of every page, put it on the Internet charge 1$ for an acc. Make money.
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laya_fml 26
What they mean by drop it is drop that piece of crap in the nearest trashcan.
botanistjessica 24
Good use of 150 euros.
Shrike 24
Huh? Who said anything about euros?
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
The FML?
Shrike 24
... that's a pound sign, you dumbass. £ = pound, € = euro. People like you two are the reason that the "ignorant American" stereotype exists. Well done.
junkman6 22
Because as an American I should give a rats ass about another nations currency symbol? Am I also ignorant because I don't care about the price of a pound of rice in china? FFS I know plenty of Europeans who don't know the symbol for a dolls or a cent. Get off the high horse sweetcheecks.
Shrike 24
Ooh, such FIRE! Good to know that mediocrity and ignorance is the gold standard in whichever city you live. *golf claps* Where do those Europeans that you claim to know live? Under a rock? On a final note: saying that someone else is an ignorant ******** isn't really an excuse to be one yourself.
botanistjessica 24
My bad. I do realize that's the pound sign. I just didn't look closely the first time.
iluvpeanutbutter 22
Seriously? You think anyone doesn't know the dollar and cents sign, considering many countries use those currencies (and no, I am not talking about US$- other countries use their own)? I've met 3 year olds living in villages in Cambodia that know more about currencies than you guys do. For shame.
Lant 6
If your in college you have to expect to be charged for alot of useless stuff,its part of the experience!
tomhofer 14
*you're
Lant 6
O like you're an ass? :)
sofitina 20
You should complain to someone with higher authority about this. This is surely not legal.
dr_snow_bear 29
That is bullshit. There has to be someone over their heads you can go talk to. $200+ for a book is ridiculous.
Ameel_fml 19
$200 for a university text-book is pretty standard though. Hell, some (particularly medical books) cost much more. Though it sucks that the OP has been forced to spend so much on a bunch of photocopied papers. Unfortunately, that's one of the sucky things about uni...they overcharge for everything. I remember paying for useless things like photocopied papers (that could be found online for free), events and dinners I never attended, and sports equipment for sports I had nothing to do with. Certain universities seem to love bleeding their students dry. :(
bodychex 5
I had one of these in a grad class - $350 for the book (180 pages). When I went to sell it back I was offered $15 because it already went into new edition. It was the 18th edition, all written by the professor each semester.
KMF524 3
that happened to me last year. I had to buy a $200 book that was written by the teacher of the class & it was pointless. the book was absolutely horrible.
lilhellian 27
Or atleast a lawyer. :S
wolf1991 1
I'm sorry, but what exactly do you expect? This is university, and this is the way things work. That prof has every right to write their own textbook, because guess what, they're an expert in their field, and you're not. Yes, textbook prices are ungodly expensive, however, this is the world we live in. It's bullshit, but it isn't illegal, and anyone who says so is wrong. YDI
mansen 15
ummm....not every professor teaching is an expert in their field at a secondary institution. To save money now, many of your teachers may only have a bachelors or masters degree in their field, not the usually required Phd. So that book of theirs can easily be a piece of shit written and required just to supplement their income at the expense of the students.
Michael_92 20
I totally disagree here. I would not attend a class that used in house books. What if the professor is biased on ANYTHING. Then you are also taught that bias which may not be relevant in the real world. Just because you have a masters or PhD does not mean you know everything.
mansen 15
what if that class is required for your degree or major. You have no choice. You learn to just go with the profs bias just to pass BUT you do your own independent reading and research to make sure you have the full picture so you are not looking like a moron due to said profs teachingbin the higher courses.
toblasc0sauce 5
Honestly, a book written by the teacher who will be grading your work doesn't seem too bad to me. A little pricey, but if it has good information that'll benefit you, then great! If not, then FYL.
fairgirl99 8
If you can return it make sure to make a copy first. At least that's what I did
CoffeeChickBlows 13
It's a piece of shit, wtf would OP want a copy of it?