C’est vraiment des conneries

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The college textbook industry in America is...I believe the best (and least vulgar) term I can think of is 'highway robbery'.

For instance, my textbooks for this coming semester actually cost MORE than my tuition for the same. And on top of that, there is the annoyance of dealing with the pre-semester crowds at the bookstore. I think that the only reason I did not blow up one of the registers in annoyance was that the cashier looked at least as annoyed as I was.

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I spend more on supplies for classes and projects than most people do on books for their classes. I don't really have the bookstore crowds but I need to make sure I go to art stores away from anywhere with art classes to avoid pre-semester crazy artist crowds.