So anyways, my sister has a professor for an Islam History class who we'll just call "Professor Vanitas" because it means "Emptiness" or "Vanity" in Latin. So anyways, the class is being held over dinner at his house. Sounds kinda nice how he wants to get to know his students, but already he's not making a very good impression.
So for starters, you need a book for his class - like most classes. But this dude not only wrote the book but he's covered the tracks for it very well. Ie, you have to get it through either Amazon for $50 (and even the kindle version costs $50!), or through the college bookstore for $50. None of the other stores have it yeah, $50 isn't bad for a book but you just know they're only going to take it back for no more than $5 or 10, $20 if you're lucky. None of the other books get it.
And this book is a small novel - it's not a textbook. Something like that I would EXPECT to cost $50 at least.
Also as for the mentality...lessee he expects everyone to read the book by the first day of class, and had sent a very condescending email to everyone ending with "Enjoy your last days of freedom".
In b4 "History - that's her problem", "Graduate school - that's her problem", and "Liberal arts - that's her problem/she deserves it".
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