Don't know why you're complaining about the cost of the textbooks. Where I'm from, we get them for free. I expected you to like complain the size and weight of it.
I see a lot of sympathy in the comments you are getting. Yet I was asked to comment on "the whole thing" about expensive textbooks. It is caused by a combination of several factors, 1) copyright law, a wholly baseless legal fabrication; 2) government management of education for choosing the textbook, an example of inefficiency; 3) specialized information to a small market, a valuable service; and 4) high taxation upon book producers, and producers in general, because the government is greedy.
Student-run book co-ops are a possible alternative, especially if you can get faculty support for them. I always check prices before I assign a textbook, and when the new version is just a re-shuffle of the old one, I tell students to get whatever edition is cheapest. IT IS SUCH A RACKET! BTW, you do look breathtakingly lovely in this video, without even trying, I am sure :-)
You're looking really goregous in this video! I fork out alot of cash for supplement textbooks, and this year I shockingly got a poetry book of Robert Frost which was so thrashed, I had to buy my own copy. That's bad. I'm in high school, I shouldn't have to pay for my books. So when I'm finished with them I give them to the school, let's face it-some poor student needs both my notes and my books more than some recyling factory.
my sister is in high school (graduating this week!) and she doesn't have to pay for textbooks - they just give her what she needs and she returns it at the end of the year. i would have appreciated that in high school *sigh* i'd just give mine to the school, but the teachers don't want them using old editions. and thank you for telling me i'm gorgeous :) *big hug*
and thank you for asking if she was going the college route or doing other things - most people just ask what college, rather than if they are doing college at all - it's so annoying.
I kept most of my textbooks for nostalgia reasons, because for some crazy reason I like remembering those years. But most of my books are cool books about movies, because I got a film degree.
The worst was a Literature book that I was forced to buy new because they just updated the version (so there were no used copies) and then once the semester (SEMESTER!) was over, they had updated it again and I couldn't sell it back. No lie. It was $125. And for LITERATURE!
wow that's really lame. fall semester i had a music history class, one in a series that i have to take, and i had taken the first class last year, and purchased a used book, and then a new edition came out, which was completely different from the old edition - new sections, chapters changed around - there was no way to follow along in the old book, so i had to buy the new book - close to $200 for the textbook, music anthology, and CDS. ugh!
I feel your pain. I have a whole stack of books that I could not sell, including one book of pure concentrated evil. It's called Calculus and on the day after I finish school, it's destined to be recycled... as kindling!
Don't know why you're complaining about the cost of the textbooks. Where I'm from, we get them for free. I expected you to like complain the size and weight of it.
hatingandhated 2 years ago
you get them for free?
tenebrousllama 2 years ago
I see a lot of sympathy in the comments you are getting. Yet I was asked to comment on "the whole thing" about expensive textbooks. It is caused by a combination of several factors, 1) copyright law, a wholly baseless legal fabrication; 2) government management of education for choosing the textbook, an example of inefficiency; 3) specialized information to a small market, a valuable service; and 4) high taxation upon book producers, and producers in general, because the government is greedy.
C13glass 3 years ago
The whole selling idea is good, I am so going to start :P
Nj17 3 years ago
good plan :)
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
Student-run book co-ops are a possible alternative, especially if you can get faculty support for them. I always check prices before I assign a textbook, and when the new version is just a re-shuffle of the old one, I tell students to get whatever edition is cheapest. IT IS SUCH A RACKET! BTW, you do look breathtakingly lovely in this video, without even trying, I am sure :-)
dpm 3 years ago
You're looking really goregous in this video! I fork out alot of cash for supplement textbooks, and this year I shockingly got a poetry book of Robert Frost which was so thrashed, I had to buy my own copy. That's bad. I'm in high school, I shouldn't have to pay for my books. So when I'm finished with them I give them to the school, let's face it-some poor student needs both my notes and my books more than some recyling factory.
Love Robyn x
FringeKid 3 years ago
my sister is in high school (graduating this week!) and she doesn't have to pay for textbooks - they just give her what she needs and she returns it at the end of the year. i would have appreciated that in high school *sigh* i'd just give mine to the school, but the teachers don't want them using old editions. and thank you for telling me i'm gorgeous :) *big hug*
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
Hey! Congratulations to Kelly! Will she be off to college in the Fall, or exploring other possibilities?
dpm 3 years ago
yes, sacramento state :) trumpet major
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
and thank you for asking if she was going the college route or doing other things - most people just ask what college, rather than if they are doing college at all - it's so annoying.
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
You got rid of 'em yet? How much for the philosophy, French, and music book?
masael255 3 years ago
i haven't gotten rid of them, and i haven't set a price. porque?
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
sell it on ebay
enseign 3 years ago
haha i may just do that
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
I kept most of my textbooks for nostalgia reasons, because for some crazy reason I like remembering those years. But most of my books are cool books about movies, because I got a film degree.
YourTaciturnFriend 3 years ago
ah yes, those would be worth keeping :)
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
I have so many textbooks that I can't sell back.
The worst was a Literature book that I was forced to buy new because they just updated the version (so there were no used copies) and then once the semester (SEMESTER!) was over, they had updated it again and I couldn't sell it back. No lie. It was $125. And for LITERATURE!
lisasimpson 3 years ago
wow that's really lame. fall semester i had a music history class, one in a series that i have to take, and i had taken the first class last year, and purchased a used book, and then a new edition came out, which was completely different from the old edition - new sections, chapters changed around - there was no way to follow along in the old book, so i had to buy the new book - close to $200 for the textbook, music anthology, and CDS. ugh!
tenebrousllama 3 years ago
I feel your pain. I have a whole stack of books that I could not sell, including one book of pure concentrated evil. It's called Calculus and on the day after I finish school, it's destined to be recycled... as kindling!
BigRiggBlues 3 years ago
Man,That sucks! I feel bad for you. Kind of a rip-off,eh?!
thornekatt 3 years ago
yeah ... i'll deal with it though :)
tenebrousllama 3 years ago