Comments on: The 7 Deadly Sins of College Spending

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:50:05 +0000

Looks like i’m late here :).
Well ….i’d buy an ebook reader (one with a big display and hadwriting enabled): you could save from books and use the device as an “unlimited block note” :).

By: itsalljustaride

itsalljustaride — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:11:03 +0000

I’d like to dispel the idea of bringing notebooks to most classes simply because it’s annoying listening to the guy next to you click click clack on his keyboard while you’re trying to simultaneously listen to the prof lecture. Even the quietest of keyboards are still annoying to have to hear a lecture over. Note-taking is a double-edged sword anyway, no matter what method you use. When you’re scribbling notes or typing you aren’t absorbing the information, you’re just transmitting it to paper in order to MAYBE look at it later.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:14:24 +0000

Thanks for the tips it really helps. I’ve been using CampusBooks.com to find all my books and I really like the site. Good luck with classes!

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:18:33 +0000

Hey, I just want to tell you all how my laptop saved my life in a very hard class.. It was a kinda philosophy class and the teacher had a powerpoint, wich she just passed so quick we couldn’t read and meanwhile she was speaking, saying something else, and both messages were importants so my notes were horrible, i couldn’t understand them 2 weeks after.. then i decided to bring my computer in class and it was fantastic, i could write everything and it was clear, so i had a good note and can go back to my notes a semester later because it was actually important thing i learned there, yeah!
that’s it…. and coffeshops DO take all my money… i love too much coffee..

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:09:37 +0000

All great points.

However I never used my laptop in class. Well, I tried once but it’s much more of a pain than it’s worth. Notebooks don’t have to be booted up. They don’t make profs look at you suspiciously. They don’t freeze up in the middle of class.

And, of course, they don’t get stolen.

If my husband were using his laptop in class—they don’t take 15 minutes to start…

I’m sure for some people they’re useful. And they’re important for other things in college like writing papers in the library or in the student union or with friends or in a coffee shop. Or if you have a class where you really need to play online instead of taking notes.

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By: KCLau

KCLau — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:04:06 +0000

I like the picture!

By: Angel

Angel — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:14:04 +0000

I have to agree with Sara on the bookstores. Moons ago in graduate school, I had that job as well (the temp during rush basically). Not the job one wants to do necessarily in terms of checking in textbooks from students who may or not become bellicose because that book did go down from the 100 bucks they paid to the 4 bucks the powers that be have set for it. It is quite the racket. The bookstores make their little profit on the other stuff (kind of like movie theaters. You know the real money is in the concessions, right?).

Anyhow, I wanted to comment on the dropping classes thing. Here in Texas at least, they recently passed legislation limiting the number of classes you can actually drop. Basically, you can’t drop more than 6 courses, and this does include any classes you transfer. So, for those folks who like to “dabble,” try not to dabble as much. While this is just one state, it may well become a trend to get students to graduate on time. So, as the blogger here points out, do pay attention in classes, plan ahead, cut the fat, and be cost-efficient.

I came here from the Carnival of College bloggers. Best, and keep on blogging.

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By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:56:09 +0000

I agree with Eric Berger - OneNote is one of the best things Microsoft has ever done, and it is truly a student’s best friend. Many of my professors provided copies of their powerpoints on the university website, and with OneNote I could import the powerpoint slides and type notes in right beside the relevant slides. This saved me an absolutely ridiculous amount of time….

It still doesn’t quite make up for Vista, but it least makes a case for a reduced sentence due to good behavior :)