Ninaroja wrote:Julie Skywalker wrote:Ninaroja wrote:Well, there's £35 gone... on a textbook no less...
I don't know the pounds to USD conversion, but that's nothing. I've spent over $200 on a textbook before. $35 is cheap. Consider yourself lucky.

Haha yeah - I should since some of my flatmates have had to pay £200 as well

Though I do have more to buy, as long as I buy one a week I should be okay financially
According to google £35 is about $56.30

>education is a for-profit industry now
So not only do I have to pay for the means of acquiring that knowledge (teacher's paychecks, the material, shipping and handling for textbooks, etc), I also have to pay for the knowledge itself?
Schools and educational institutes are turning into vile, profiteering corporations.
More proof that people will do anything for money, because money is the ultimate power.
Such a cruel, capitalist world.