Comments on: Apparently Business Sense is not Something Harvard Values in its Students

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:09:53 +0000

The local bookstore is just trying to hang on to the monopoly they used to have before it became so easy to comparison shop for textbooks. I just hope that the faculty don’t put up with it, and moreover that the administration doesn’t MAKE the faculty tolerate such an anti-competitive attitude.

By: jenn

jenn — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:03:35 +0000

good idea to put ISBN # on syllabus. i hadn’t thought of that, but makes complete sense.

By: J.D. Williams

J.D. Williams — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:54:21 +0000

So instead of writing them down, students will end up just calling someone and reading the ISBN’s aloud while the other person writes them down, or just take a cell phone picture of the ISBN. I don’t see how the bookstore could legally stop the first option or find a viable way to police the second option. I think that they are just trying to play off the schema that “the school is always right, and if you don’t follow the rules something bad will happen.”

By: Gideon Addington

Gideon Addington — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:06:15 +0000

You know, I like to know when I make a mistake on my typing, too. But I do really hate it when someone feels they need make the point in that fashion. I think it’s safe to assume he knows the difference – mistakes happen, oh noes!

As to the point, yes… that’s rather disgusting. I was fortunate this semester that one of my professors actually sent an email out to the students with the book titles, authors and ISBNs so we could get them through whatever channels we desired. Huge improvement.

Our book stores are kind of… famously unreliable though. I make a point not to buy books from any of the local ones.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:58:44 +0000

in itâ€™s Students its, not it's