Before you start complaining about the expensive textbook price, let us introduce to you BookUp. BookUp is a Malaysian based startup which aims to help student buy/sell their used textbooks online across Malaysia. In other words, yes, you can get some really cheap and superb conditioned textbooks here! You can sometimes save up to 70% from retail price. This startup is remarkably new but the attention that they are getting from the students are overwhelming. They already have a good collection of textbooks, so you can check it out at their website. Here’s a  70 second Youtube video on their startup:

 Also, if you have any books that you want to sell off, maybe your old textbooks or your old novel,  you can always count on BookUp. They will pick up your books and sell it for you, plus returning you a big portion of the money. This way, they actually create a win-win situation, both for the seller which gets to clear his/her unwanted books and the buyer who gets to buy books they want at a cut-rate price! Here’s a link on how to sell your books:

http://bookup.my/sell-books-online

Basically, all you have to do is just punch in your book ISBN and intended price of selling. The members of BookUp will take it from there. Simple enough I must say.

Last but not least, their effort should really be appreciated not only for the impact that they bring to students, but also the impact that they bring towards the effort of recycling. It might be a small step for now, but when the scale gets big and the number grows, we will see the dent that they create on the efforts on creating a sustainable environment.

So if you’re interested, head on down to:

www.bookup.my

Facebook: www.facebook.com/bookup.my

  Or if you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact:

[email protected]

Influences of our lecturer

Our lecturers are not just lecturers, but they are also educators. Our lecturers deserve the most respect from the students. The university life is one of the most important times in our life because in that time we get educated in the field that we want to study, we learn to be responsible, we learn to respect, we learn to be professional. Our lecturers influence us when it comes to learning these things.

Our lecturers influence in learning to be educated.

It is obvious that the reason we go to university is to be educated, and the reward is qualification we receive from the university. In the class when the lecturer is going through their lecturer their goal is to teach and inform you about the topics that are related to your study. There are some lecturers who give example that is related to real life, and some of the lecturers give examples that are related to business.  All these examples are one of the most important information that we need to obtain and understand because they give the examples based on their experiences and knowledge they have gained.

Our lecturers influence in learning to be responsible.

Some of the lecturers are flexible and some other lecturers are strict when it comes to marking our assignments and also exams. In 4 years including foundation we write about 50 midterm exams and 50 finals exams, and in each semester we have to also submit minimum of 2 assignments maybe one of them is individual and other one is in a group. We learn to be responsible to submit the perfect assignment, we learn to be responsible to be ready for our exams. Our lecturers always encourage us to try our best and they guide us all the time.

Our lecturers influence in learning to respect others.

The types of the assignments are different in every universities, some universities likes to give group assignment to encourage students to learn to be a team player. Students’ learn a lot when it comes to submitting their group assignments, they learn to respect the members in a group. When every individual does their part in the group assignment that is learning to respect the other members because the contribution of one member influences the assignment or project.

Our lecturers influence in learning to be professional.

We have to do our assignment professionally, submitting assignments that are just few pages and with no evidence and without proper format, shows that the assignment was not done professionally and it shows the quality of the student. There are few universities that encourage lecturers to focus more on the assignments and give strict marks for the assignments and give second chances to the student to learn from their mistakes.  Presentations are one of the most important factors that make students to be professional. Preparation and dressing up for presentation shows that student is learning to be professional, and the way student presents show the professionalism of the student.

Conclusion

In university students gets educated in many ways, but the students who are determined to study successfully graduates with full of knowledge and unfortunately the students who are not determined fails to finish their university successfully. For those who are university currently should put their most effort to learn rather than just trying to pass their exams. The student that is studying to learn rather than just passing exams will pass their exams and also will learn about the field they are studying. There are so many top universities in Malaysia with the system that educates students.