This text for my pharmacology class is ridiculous. It's so stupid that I have an incredibly hard time making myself read it. The author is INCREDIBLY biased against the medical (MD) and scientific professions. The tone he uses is *absurd*. I'm caught between wanting to smack him, rip his face off, kick him in the balls for being a moron, write a letter to the publishers asking how they came to the conclusion to publish this piece of crap, or just roll on the floor laughing. I am not patient enough right now to write down samples from the book. But it is a disgrace to the publisher.
Not until Chapter 4 does the author notify the readers that "drugs are chemicals". No shit? Really?!?! All this time??? OMG.
Seriously. This is a 395 level course, designed for upper level biology undergraduates. Granted I'm not a bio major and I am in it, but it was because of my tutoring in neuro and biopsych that I was allowed in. At any rate, if you are seated in this class, and your dumbass did not know drugs are chemicals, then you need to just resign yourself to panhandling because you are too stupid to manage college.
The book is pathetic. Although the author did introduce me to a new psychiatric disorder I had not previously known... "chemaphobe - a student afraid of chemistry". Totally didn't know that before. Really glad I got that sorted out in my head...
How can this fool take himself seriously??? And the moronic publisher?!?!
I am sure I sound a bit "off" in my opinions of this text. I assure you I am not, I verified the lunacy with two professors, friends, and my college educated mother. Consensus: the book is terribly written and ought to be recycled into post-it notes. I may take pics of the text paragraphs that are especially absurd and post them on here, what with my new handy-dandy iPhone and all! lol :-)
And my tooth is hurting too much for me to finish these thoughts. Crappers.
Not until Chapter 4 does the author notify the readers that "drugs are chemicals". No shit? Really?!?! All this time??? OMG.
Seriously. This is a 395 level course, designed for upper level biology undergraduates. Granted I'm not a bio major and I am in it, but it was because of my tutoring in neuro and biopsych that I was allowed in. At any rate, if you are seated in this class, and your dumbass did not know drugs are chemicals, then you need to just resign yourself to panhandling because you are too stupid to manage college.
The book is pathetic. Although the author did introduce me to a new psychiatric disorder I had not previously known... "chemaphobe - a student afraid of chemistry". Totally didn't know that before. Really glad I got that sorted out in my head...
How can this fool take himself seriously??? And the moronic publisher?!?!
I am sure I sound a bit "off" in my opinions of this text. I assure you I am not, I verified the lunacy with two professors, friends, and my college educated mother. Consensus: the book is terribly written and ought to be recycled into post-it notes. I may take pics of the text paragraphs that are especially absurd and post them on here, what with my new handy-dandy iPhone and all! lol :-)
And my tooth is hurting too much for me to finish these thoughts. Crappers.
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I'm a total chemophobe. A Chemistry prof made me cry once.
What does your teacher think about the book?
I have no idea to be honest! The book pissed me off so much that I skipped the first class, and because I am a goob, I had the start time wrong in my head (yet correct in the app on my phone... not sure how I managed that) so I missed half of the second class. I go back this Tuesday and I shall see then... in the meantime, I have a shit-ton of chapters to read in that book (my allergy to it has resulted in it remaining on my book shelf this weekend... oops. Need to fix that ASAP!!!
:o)
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