I kind of fell off the boat with this class this week. I didn't have the money until Friday to buy the books, and when I went to the Bookstore on Friday, they were out of the Exploring Language book, aka the one I really needed for the assignments. Soon after I realized it was on reserve at the library, and decided to spend the $400 dollars (yes exaggerating) it would cost to copy the pages of the book I needed...to my surprise, the library closed about 9 minutes before I got there, and isn't open on weekends. Yay. I think I may be a little spoiled by universities, but not every student has the time to work on assignments Monday-Friday. When I used to go to AVC I was generally in class all day, then worked weekdays 3-11pm.
The most annoying this about this is the attitude I got from the employee at the bookstore I talked to. He just had this "I don't give a shit what it means to you" attitude about the whole thing and offered a special order...who knows how long that would take. So I went home, defeated, and ordered the book on Amazon. Hopefully I will get it sometime this year so I can catch up on work. I even check the Palmdale Library, and the CSUB library, just in case they happened to have it.
I am looking forward to this group project. I love seeing other peoples ideas and collaborating. Being in groups also helps immensely with my procrastination. I am responsible for other peoples grades, and therefore make sure I get the work done. Its just common courtesy really.
Its not just AVC's bookstore I hate, CSUB is often annoying as well. I needed a custom lab manual for my organic chemistry class last year, and special ordered it in Fall...I didn't get it until Spring. Remember, CSUB is on quarters, so 2/3 of the year I didn't have this book. I blame the internet. Ever since people started buying majority of their textbooks online, college bookstores have cut the number of textbooks they order for each class, expecting a certain number of people will order online.
I am done, but not defeated. I will catch up, I can do this.
Ugh, CSUB starts next week, I HAVE to catch up. No choice.
