Of incapable Sociology textbook writers

[annabtg]

This sucks.

"This" being Sociology.

I can't bring myself down to studying it. Either I'm looking at the pages without paying any attention to them, or I do read but the words don't register.

I'm very annoyed with this book and its writers. First of all - just because you're sociologists and not philologists doesn't mean that you have to butcher the language!! Okay, so 'butcher' might be a little too harsh, but little mistakes such as misplaced commas or awkward syntax keep coming up.

And no, I can't ignore them and focus on what the text actually says, when the text is so... crappy. You get tons of examples and explanations with the definitions of the terminology randomly planted inbetween. That's NOT the way it works, people. I assure you, all these examples and explanations would be completely unnecessary if you had just BOTHERED to organize your writing properly.

There's also the problem of the text being completely and utterly uninteresting. It doesn't draw the reader in, y'know? Now granted, I'm not as interested in Sociology as I'm in other things, but I can recognize an interesting read when I see one. And this, guys, ISN'T one.

Good thing I studied throughout the year. At least I have an idea (if vague) of what the book actually says. Studying two or three pages at a time isn't that bad, but (/me checks...) 100 (100?! Oh, crap!) pages of [insert swearword of your choice here] is draining.

I think those textbook writers could greatly benefit from joining a fanfic community and getting advice on how to keep the reader's interest, how to use language properly, and how to avoid unnecessary digressions and babbling and just GET TO THE POINT ALREADY.

Well, at least I have until Tuesday morning.

See ya,
Anna.

Comments

[gloryforever.livejournal.com]

Ah, well ... if it were actually interesting textbook writers wouldn't think it's worth reading ... wherever they got that idea from.

[meringue-kiss.livejournal.com]

Lol... we must stalk the textbook writers and bug them until they join the comm. 7th Year Train... then maybe their books will actually make sense.

[doranwen.livejournal.com]

/me inserts the word "casson". A word that means the same as the normal four-letter curses but lacks all the negative connotations. (g) Found at the Archive of Endangered, Special, & Fun Words. :D

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Hee! Interesting word *g*

See ya,
Anna.

[timetraveled.livejournal.com]

Harhar, I really do love your grammatical self, Anna ♥ You remind me a lot like Remus for adorable reasons ;)

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! You know I love Remus ♥

I guess you could read AnnaBtG as Anna B. the Grammar-freak, if you wanted... there was this person on the Lois & Clark IRC channel (catherinebruce, wasn't it?) who had been misreading my nick as Anna B. the Geek for quite a while... *g*

See ya,
Anna ;)

[timetraveled.livejournal.com]

Anna B. the Geek? Heavens, no! I see you as more of a typo lifesaver and grammar super hero in my eyes (with a snazzy cape, I must add), conquering the world of the abused English language :)

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Hah, obviously there's a reason I'm a Lois & Clark fan as well.

*flaunts snazzy, red, Superman-like cape*

"Ridding the world of typos and misused grammar is my mission in life!"

See ya,
Anna :)