This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.
That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.
This is why we download.
Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks
Spreading this shit like nutella because goddamn textbooks are so expensive.
not necessarily art related but as someone who couldn’t afford their textbooks this semester this is a godsend
REBLOGGING because after a little digging, I found my $200 textbook for free in PDF form.
friendly reminder that this exists since I know we’re all going back to college soon
Will reblog every time I see it.
For future reference
Important
Another really good resource if you’re fine from using a different textbook than the one assigned is
Bunch of 100% free, peer reviewed textbooks with accurate information matching what you’d read in a regular one. And it’s legal, so you don’t have to worry about sketchy download links.
And for those who DON’T need textbooks right now cause you’re done post secondary, but have some extra money, consider donating to them. They run off of donations and people purchasing physical versions of the textbooks. More donations = more textbooks = less stressful for future students.
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