Wednesday, November 12, 2008

In what appears to be quite possibly the weirdest assignment ever, a professor is giving a test this week on the book Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama. Now before you judge me, let me explain the situation. At libraries, this book, quite obviously and understandably, is checked out. All of them. Everywhere. Especially in Illinois, The week after the election of Barack Obama! So, I had a little laugh to myself when two students came into the library wanting this book. They wanted me to check the catalog, then the other college libraries, then the public libraries. All of them were checked out. They did not seem to understand this. They assumed the book would be available somewhere and wanted to know if I could get it for them, delivered here, today. I explained that books from other libraries take several days, if not a week, or more to arrive here. They replied with the best question I've gotten all week "Do you think it's available at Walgreen's?" I said maybe, they thanked me, and presumably wandered off to Walgreen's.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Walgreen's? Since when did Walgreen's become associated with "place to buy books that I need for class?" That's bizarre. Someone should tell them. Or smack your students. I'll get back to you when I decide.

November 12, 2008 11:39 PM  
Blogger Amy said...

There is a Walgreen's near campus, so in this case I would say, "Make a friend who has a car!"

November 18, 2008 8:54 PM  

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