For example, I'll open a Trigonometry book once in a while and do exercises, even though it's not a College book. Sometimes I'll open my Chemistry books and Physics books and refresh through some pages (like isotopes, Quantum Physics, half-life, universe stuff).
With math, if you don't use it you lose it.
I do the same thing occasionally with my psychology texts. You are right, there are a lot of things that if you don't use them you lose them. In day to day life I tend to work with the same limited set of information, ignoring all the other periphery ideas I once learned. Because I love learning I tend to refresh my memory by reading academic literature. If I can have fun and buffer my knowledge it is a great day.
I went to film school, didn't have to buy books for the last 2 years of school.
I do, but i'm a college professor.....So I don't count.
I saved a few English lit books, including a Norton Anthology or two. They're great for filling up bookshelves. I never bother cracking them open, though.
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6 years removed from college. I sold most of my books back because I didn't think I would use them again. I did save a CIS book that was basically how to use Microsoft Excel. I open up from time to time for excel formula help.
No, but a lot of the books I like to read are historical non-fiction, some of which are similar to books assigned for reading in collegiate history classes.
I last took a college course in 1980 after leaving full time school in 1975 and some night school at UC over a couple of other years. The class 1980 was a German class. I haven't looked at a college textbook since, although I've resold some of my kids books in recent years.
But... and this scares the daylights out of my wife, I've been hankering to go back and finish a degree. Don't know what degree that would be because I never actually had a declared major (I always said I majored in "undecided"), but I'd like to be able to say that I'm a college graduate. My son will graduate next year, so all three kids will then be college graduates. My wife has a masters and I always joke I could use her bachelors degree since she has the other one. I talked to UC about a year ago and they had to pull my transcripts out of storage since the computers didn't go back that far. They told me most of my credits were not "fragile", meaning they'd transfer to a degree today. I'm thinking some time this summer I may go up and talk to a counselor and see what I need and what a course of action would be. Don't know if I can swing it financially etc, but I'd love to do it by 2013, 40 years after I started college. Now I just need to figure out how to convince my wife...
[BTW, I don't need the degree, I've owned my own business for over 30 years and have learned while doing the work I do]
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I'm in college and I never open textbooks
Here's a secret: neither did most of us!Originally Posted by Degenerate39
I'm in college and I never open textbooks
As someone who spends far too much time grading tests, essays, and other assignments, let me assure you that this is no secret.Here's a secret: neither did most of us!
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In my career as a general internist I use what is basically an internet textbook on a daily basis. whenever i have to treat a disease process that I haven't seen in a long time I'll review the diagnosis & Treatment plan. whenever i encounter a medication that is new I have to read up on it.
then about once every 10 years I'll read the ole Internal Medicine textbook cover to cover.
For non work related knowledge I read a lot more non fiction than the average joe. A textbook on anything from anthropology to religion to astrophysics is a good place to learn the basics. If I find myself especially interested in a subject then I'll search out books on the more focused topic.
Used college textbooks at Half Price Books tend to be fairly cheap.
Certain texts or courses tend to be tailored to the 'intelligent layman'. Think of taking a history course as a chemistry major or vice versa. The CD/DVD courses by The Teaching Company are modelled in this fashion. These are really good if you have long drives to & from work.
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I've been out of school for about 20 years. I kept my books for a few years, but never opened them after graduation day. My degree is in Business Management, but I don't work in that field.
Been thinking about taking a foreign language at one of the local colleges, but can't get motivated to do so.
As someone who spends far too much time grading tests, essays, and other assignments, let me assure you that this is no secret.
So true! I left the world of grading papers behind last year and don't miss it one bit. Punctuation and spelling are fading art forms.As someone who spends far too much time grading tests, essays, and other assignments, let me assure you that this is no secret.
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