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Hekate

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25. So did I. Students often can't even buy used textbooks any more

Fri May 31, 2013, 02:19 AM

May 2013

Especially the technical ones with a CD in an envelope inside the book. Publishers have the student population over a barrel.

The latest tease is that you can save a few dollars by purchasing e-textbooks. Of course those can never be resold, either, and when hard copy texts are no longer available the publishers will have no incentive at all to keep prices down.

Reading that article is making me sick. I know it's bad out there. My husband retired last year from teaching Computer Information Systems at the local community college. No, what we did in the 1960s is no longer possible.

You and I worked our way through and came out debt free. I had a resume of low-wage jobs, which was no help, but at least I didn't have the burden of student loans.

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Want the American Dream? Get Rich Parents or Move to Canada [View all] xchrom May 2013 OP

Kick. More ... Scuba May 2013 #1

This is why free college is so important newfie11 May 2013 #2

Free, or the availability of affordable loans and grants for tuition geckosfeet May 2013 #3

No grants newfie11 May 2013 #13

So did I. Students often can't even buy used textbooks any more Hekate May 2013 #25

That's terrible, I can't imagine the price of new books today newfie11 May 2013 #38

My son wants to take a class at the local CC this summer. MissB May 2013 #32

Your son and others coming up are the future of this country newfie11 May 2013 #37

Just wondering... whathehell May 2013 #5

The union did give my mom $250.00 newfie11 May 2013 #11

Wouldn't the Social Security have at least helped whathehell May 2013 #12

Lol newfie11 May 2013 #14

That bad, huh? whathehell May 2013 #16

I can't remember the exact amount newfie11 May 2013 #18

Oh, definitely not with today's tuition costs...I get that. n/t whathehell May 2013 #20

There used to be an SS college benefit for all dependent children of beneficiaries. HiPointDem May 2013 #21

I bet it is newfie11 May 2013 #22

yeah, it's getting hard to believe such things ever existed in these times. but they did, and not HiPointDem May 2013 #24

You know Ryan's family is wealthy, yes? Hassin Bin Sober May 2013 #35

I wasn't sure...I'd heard that he was, but then wondered why whathehell May 2013 #36

"have to" is the operative phrase here. Hassin Bin Sober May 2013 #39

Yes, that appears to be the case. whathehell May 2013 #40

I don't agree. MADem May 2013 #27

nyc had free college for ages, and california had near free college, and the people who benefited HiPointDem May 2013 #29

I'm not saying it should be over-the-top expensive, I think it should MADem May 2013 #30

that people 'back in the day' appreciated it demonstrates that being free doesn't make goods HiPointDem May 2013 #31

Well, back in the day, someone DID pay. MADem May 2013 #33

plenty of students lived on their own, and paid for their own lodging and food. HiPointDem May 2013 #34

The Little Fauntleroys I was talking about were fifth graders. MADem May 2013 #43

you made a claim: that people didn't appreciate free goods. i said that is not necessarily HiPointDem May 2013 #44

I don't agree. Zoeisright May 2013 #46

You do realize we pay for that. MADem May 2013 #48

From the article: in the US social mobility has decreased, in Canada and Europe it has increased. pampango May 2013 #4

harlem children's zone isn't a 'public investment'. it's part of education deform & privatization. HiPointDem May 2013 #23

One thing is certain Generic Other May 2013 #6

Boy, did you just describe the 'hipsters' who populate my nabe, closeupready May 2013 #47

"What are you going to DO, suckers? You NEED this piece of paper to even get yer foot in the door!" HughBeaumont May 2013 #7

+1 xchrom May 2013 #8

Access to tutoring TrogL May 2013 #9

A must read. JDPriestly May 2013 #10

Indeed. CanSocDem May 2013 #19

so the Mackenzie brothers had it right all those years ago hfojvt May 2013 #15

Take off, ya hoser ;) n/t PasadenaTrudy May 2013 #42

Reminds me of this right winger who called Thom Hartmann alp227 May 2013 #17

kick to read later nt grasswire May 2013 #26

Canada isn't looking for immigrants without skills. You've got to bring something to the table MADem May 2013 #28

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth May 2013 #41

I'd love to. Worth considering, IMO - I love Canada. closeupready May 2013 #45