Too Old To Be Any Good for a Communication Class!
344505
This book is so old that it is useless for a communications class. I ended up dropping the class after I read 'now that people are beginning to have personal computers...it also said 'social media sites are beginning to pop up'. Really? Facebook? Twitter?
1765539
All my friends had been talking about how great these books were, so I was really anxious to start the first one. I am a fifteen year old girl, so I am in the age group for this book, and I was appalled at some of the content. There was some mild foul language in it, the girls have all the wrong kind of morals, and the plot is completely ludicrous! I cannot believe that parents let their daughters read this! It teaches girls that the only way to be accepted is to wear designer clothes and be promiscuous with much older boys at TWELVE YEARS OLD! I go to a private school, am a cheerleader, have an older boyfriend, and considers myself pretty popular...and I do not partake in any of the activities that these girls do. It is a pile of crap and I am so ashamed for even reading it. Don't waste your money.
4467118
I think I forgot to look at the reviews before getting this one. If you like 30 year old women acting like teenagers, then go for it!  I tried so hard to get past the way these girls talked and handled problems but could not make it past the shopping expo and meeting up with Graig and his buddy Beck  for lunch. Gave it up!
Good concept for story and I have read others with this story line that was so much better. More mature.
Gave it 2 stars because of the concept otherwise I would have given it only one star. Shame they do not have "minus" stars.
2428558
This book is extremely outdated. I didn't realize it was so old when I ordered it. If you'd like advice on how to be a good 1950's housewife to a misogynist, then this is the book for you. For instance, from the book: "Father deserves a chance to relax when he comes home. Mother should meet him with a drink at the door and then give him time to relax before allowing the children to talk to him or bothering him with her petty problems."  I didn't even put this book in my resale box. I put it into the trash, which is close to sacrilege for me and is reserved for only the very worst of books.
4322096
I wish I could give this book 0 stars!
I am using this textbook for an undergraduate communications theory course.  The textbook is poorly organized and the writing is difficult to follow!  It is difficult to even approach the problems out of the book even after reading the chapters.  The text tries to cover a wide range of material while offering little or no insight to the underlying communications principles.  Equations after equations with poor explanation is certainly no way to learn communications theory.  I deeply regret choosing this textbook for my course.  Definitely look to other books if you want to learn some communications theory!!!
4792073
Yes,this is what this book is about,for about 80%,Julie Burke moves to Wisconsin,for some reason,she used to work in a Lab,but there was a tragic fire,unfortunately we don't read,almost nothing about that,as we don't read,anything more about,real friendship and love!
I really don't agree,with the other review,I must admit,that I have no idea how old this writer is,but I have never read such a worthless book,either she is about 10 years old,or otherwise maybe almost 90 years old,because this whole book leads absolute to nothing at all,it's never funny,exciting or loving,as I said first,it's mostly about going out,to a restaurant a pub,or whatever,it seems,that these persons have nothing to do in life then going out,you can be sure,that after every say about 6 pages,they or she is going out to some pub,or restaurant.
And another very irritating thing,is to read about friends who are smoking,if there aren't any health issues at all,too stupid for words!
Better read a good newspaper,that's a lot more exciting at least!
2756268
This class will make you want to die. Travel, enjoy your life instead. I would not recommend taking this class on any level.
163055
"better boday for all ages...  dance inspired..." ????  I disagree.  I am 61 yrs old, and in good shape, but unable to do many of the positions.  Lots of push ups, planks, no dance.  I did like the option of customizing segments, which is why i gave it any stars atall.  After one play, mine went in the garage sale box.
3127577
I think the great reviews are the authors' friends, parent, editors...etc. This book is so dumb and boring it's unbelievable that anyone over 16 would be entertained by it. It is NOT "funny", or "sexy" or "fresh". It is contrived and cliche-riddled and dull as dirt. Also, the writing has a strange aged quality to it. I am pushing 40 and so are my friends, but the women in this book sound like our moms (60+). No hip woman in NYC EVER wears panty hose! EVER. And only dated old fuddy-duddies say "Blue Jeans". Those are just a couple of eye-rolling offenses I could remember as I forgot most of this forgettable drivel the second I put it down
1905952
I am so disappointed in this training and regret purchasing it.  I need to complete my CPE in order to renew my CPA license this year, and I was excited when I found this as I like self-study CPE as it works with my busy schedule.  In addition, I like to devote a portion of my CPE training to continually improving my MS Office skills.  With other CPE self-study course offerings, you have the option to do training in the version of MS Office that you need.  I read this package / description as offering training for Office Versions 2010 - 2013.  Well, that's not the case, and the courses appear to all include material unique to 2013, which I don't currently use and will not be using in the near future.  And the questions are geared toward unique features of 2013... ugh.  And the worst of it all, if you don't pass a test, you have to pay a fee to have it regraded!!!  Forget it!!!
1096146
As a person who had to go to therapy to YOUNG DOWN from being too adult and live my 20s instead of preparing for my 30s, I say that this book is outright evil. I was the good girl with excellent marks who worked from my sophomore year "to be ready for the adult life" since I was 17, and I wasn't happy for a second! Always in a hurry to do everything right. Denying myself simple joys of being young. How was it fair for me as a person who only caught up to her 20s after 26? Any idea how stupid one looks among fresh grads when you are 27? And the worst thing of all, how disappointing it is not to enjoy those simple things as you would in their age? Nobody can return you your spring breaks with roommates that you didn't have because you wanted to do it all RIGHT and be an adult about them! You just skipped your healthy early 20s! As a 30yo I have multiple other interests, different interests and a huge ass personal capital that doesn't make it any less bitter that I denied my 22yo her life. All in all, the book is not recommended for those who have reached stable 30s by making their 20s its launch pad.
3089611
Whoever is in charge of pinpointing target audiences/demographic for these classic old shows should be fired (or shot). I waited years for the various seasons of the this show to be released so I could buy them for my dad, who is 88 years old. Shockingly, he no longer hears well. CCs do not work on a LOT of dvd players, so we can only watch series with SDH subtitles. Who do they imagine watches 40-year-old TV series, for gods sakes??? Teenagers??? Half the cast members are dead and a huge majority of the original viewers must be hearing-impaired. It's just thoughtless and greedy to release these old shows and, at the same time, make them completely inaccessible to the original fans.
It's not only mean (in both the monetary and moral sense), it's a crap business decision. They could sell hundreds more of these if they recognized and catered to the core audience.
Jerks.
38747
If you are beyond your 20's, don't waste your time on this one.
4369292
This is truly awful!!!! arjuna talks about the age of maitreya the age of wisdom shared through people gathering as friends
But he's still looking for a fast buck out of it instead of getting a job which is fine if you have something original or interesting to say
But this is pure new age, life coach, mumbo jumbo!! Unfortunately the people who really got what poonjaji had to say left quietly and went on with there lives the ones with big egos he sent out to "teach" lol!! trouble is they still haven't got the joke yet! Don't waste your money in the bin arjuna
829469
No new information! The author doesn't tell any more than anyone wouldn't already know from a basic high school sex class. It seemed written for teenage boys, not for anyone over the age of 20! Could have been a lot more about tantric sexual masturbation and other less known techniques!
3366704
Grade English class I could not recommend this book to anyone! My father had been an Orphan Train alumnus and I had looked forward to reading about that experience
3560491
This book is dated...I feel like I'm reading a book from the 80's.  They may have changed the name (7th Editon), but this needs an overhaul for sure. I also question some things...palpate before auscultating an abdomen? I don't think so. Decubitus Ulcers? this is so old school. This book is something Dixie kept at the nurses' station on Emergency!  Unfortunately, if your professor chose this...you're likely stuck with this book.