Headed over to the school today and purchased my books. To the tune of over $400.00 for TWO CLASSES. At least it looks as if the A&P text book, which alone cost $200, is good for both semesters of the class. Oh, and joy - for that class, we get to dissect cats. Somehow that seems nearly as off-putting as dissecting humans, which I will get to eventually - the humans, at least presumably, agreed to give their bodies to science, and I can pretty much figure out where the cats come from. But, it's not very helpful to get lost in that particular thought. So, on a brighter note - look what crawled into my bag o'books, just about as soon as I set it down?
The buildings where I have my classes are adjacent, and really are a short two blocks from the train station. The walk seems pretty safe, too (the city where the campus is located has twice been named most dangerous city in the US). Hopefully I won't have to drag my books to classes every time - when I got home I weighed my back pack, and it was a whopping 22 pounds. I don't recall dragging texts to class before, but maybe that's selective amnesia. So I guess I'm pretty much set.
Er, I seem to recall I needed the books for EVERY class, but perhaps that was due to the majority of my courses being of the literary variety.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm not really surprised to hear the cost of books. For Jerry's major, the school told us we should expect to spend somewhere in the neighborhood of ****$3K**** annually. Just for the friggin books. I guess they must be written on gold leaf, or something.
I'm glad to hear you're just about ready, though! And sorry to hear about the cats. I don't think I could do it, personally. :(
Assuming the grad school thing becomes reality, I fully expect to spend that ($3K) or more per semester. It was just - weird, going into a bookstore, dropping $400, and coming out with three books. The damage I could do at amazon with that $!
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