Technical Communication

Man. I should have counted my blessings during the spring semester, because I didn't have any classes that irritated me.

This semester, it's going to be Technical Writing. However, I've got to give it to John M Lannon, the author of the required textbook for the class, for implementing the ideal scheme to squeeze every possible penny out of college students.

Here's the surefire plan to get rich quick off of college students:
1) Write a textbook for a class that is required for graduation across campus. Like college English.
2) Require that your textbook be used in all sections of the class.
3) Create a custom edition of your book for each university so that the resell market is constricted, and so that the international reprint competition is eliminated.
4) Update your book by changing chapter names and adding a small amount of additional content every two years, so students will be forced to buy the latest edition.
5) Buy an X-box and lots of first-person shooters to distract your mind so you don't think about the lives of the college students you are tormenting.
6) Laugh evilly and get rich quick.

Bleh.

I hope this guy feels guilty someday. Preying on college students is only a little better than stealing candy from blind children.