aea All Amurican 5269 Posts user info edit post |
are textbooks so damn expensive all of a sudden?
at state, I never spent more than $300 on textbooks per semester. This spring, I've gotta pay nearly $1000 for books for THREE classes. Retarded.
[/vent] 1/6/2011 10:28:27 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
sounds like grad school to me... 1/6/2011 10:29:43 PM |
0EPII1 All American 42535 Posts user info edit post |
learn where to find them cheaper. 1/6/2011 10:29:47 PM |
AlaskanGrown I'm Randy 4693 Posts user info edit post |
Psh I spent a min of $500-$600 every semester, consider it book karma? 1/6/2011 10:29:54 PM |
aea All Amurican 5269 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ it's actually a second BS. Grad school books weren't cheap when I needed them, but never quite this bad.
And this is the "find them cheaper" option. New or from the bookstore would be well over 1200.
waaaaaaa. somebody give me money. pretty please?? 1/6/2011 10:44:27 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
I happen to be in a position to loan you some money, and I will happily do so.
unfortunately, I also find you very attractive. so in order to secure this loan, you would have to do things with me in the bedroom that would traumatize you for years. YEARS!
I'm so sorry aea ] 1/6/2011 10:47:10 PM |
aea All Amurican 5269 Posts user info edit post |
ermmm... you know I am married, right? 1/6/2011 11:05:35 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
No, I did not know that.
Unfortunately, that makes me even more attracted to you. Now, the loan is interest free.... 1/6/2011 11:07:25 PM |
aea All Amurican 5269 Posts user info edit post |
Sorry EMCE 1/6/2011 11:08:33 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
now I just feel dirty
On a serious note, sorry your books are so expensive. I hated that shit too. I do remember getting free books for some classes a few semesters though. As in, I was buddies with the professor for that class (who taught the class every semester). Every semester, the professor gets a free book anyway for teaching, so they just gave that ish to me. Might want to look into it. 1/6/2011 11:11:55 PM |
aea All Amurican 5269 Posts user info edit post |
I actually would love to have that kind of relationship with my professors, especially since I'd like to do some research with a few of them. But it's my first semester at (yet another) new school, and I'd hate to try and get a free loaner copy from one of them without ever having worked with them before.
I'm thinking if I bite the bullet and spend the money for this spring, and put in a lot of face time with the department, it'll pay off and hopefully I can just get books through the department the rest of my time here, like I did at CofC. Maybe they'll even hire me too 1/6/2011 11:20:54 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
advanced education changes relatively quickly. It costs a shitton to keep updated because much of the information will be obsolete after 4 years.
also see inflation also see competition
The money has to be worth the time, energy, resources, complaints/misinformation/typos/updates/revisions, etc... the authors put into it.
[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 11:24 PM. Reason : .] 1/6/2011 11:23:52 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
oh, I see.
Yeah, I did at lot of research of these professor's labs back in the day.... and had them for a few classes.... and was a TA for some of their courses. They knew my ass.
aha, I actually still call them every year as the summer is approaching, and ask if they have any students that want to intern with me at Lockheed I love interns. You don't have to pay them shit 1/6/2011 11:25:04 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 52883 Posts user info edit post |
^^ is that why the new editions put out have hardly any changes in them, except for the problems to be worked? 1/6/2011 11:39:32 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The money has to be worth the time, energy, resources, complaints/misinformation/typos/updates/revisions, etc... the authors put into it." |
actually, I think it has more to do with the fact that the customer-base is very restricted
so they have to charge a shit-ton to make any sort of profit1/7/2011 12:23:15 AM |
GrumpyGOP yovo yovo bonsoir 18166 Posts user info edit post |
You can get them for free with a public library card, you just have to point at it with your gun. 1/7/2011 12:28:53 AM |