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[geekchick]

I'm trying to register for a technical writing class at NVCC, but their online registration application tells me I can't enroll because I haven't taken College Composition I. Yes I have. Seventeen years ago. *ahem* I'm pretty sure that extremely expensive piece of paper sitting in the basement implies that I've successfully passed freshman composition (although granted, not at NVCC). Note to self: email professor tomorrow and ask for permission to do an end run around the registration software.

I used to work in a college bookstore and so I know the logic behind some of the store pricing, but $100 for a paperback is still just stupid.

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[geekchick]

Yeah, I'm just whining because I remember how annoyed we all were to have to pay $50 for the then-current edition of Campbell's Biology. ;) (See note about how I took freshman comp seventeen years ago. *grin*)

[anmorata.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhh that's my Biology book. Try $130, that many years later. :)

[anmorata.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the lab manual that goes with it? $75.

I'm struggling in that course. So are a lot of others. I can't believe I pay to be subjected to that form of torture. I think the Doctor that teaches it enjoys torturing us. Of course, I've heard that he's into that sort of thing, so.. :)

[geekchick]

Heh. =)

I (wisely, in my opinion) decided that biology was not for me since the only open lab at the time was 8 AM. I also didn't take Arabic because it was at 8 AM. There was a theme. ;) I switched to geology instead, which still had an expensive textbook but no lab. Or rather, my lab ended up being a road trip to Tennessee to go crawl around in caves with the guy who I ended up dating starting pretty much with said trip. *grin*

[anmorata.livejournal.com]

Hee. :) I can't take any other Science labs without taking Biology. I didn't do so hot with it in high school, either, so it's no surprise that it's hell now.

What makes it difficult, though, is a few other factors: No homework, no reading. All testing is derived from notes in class. Chapters covered in 1 day with no review. Unit tests cover 5 chapters.

I think I'd -prefer- homework and assigned reading to this. I completely bombed the section on cellular respiration.

[college-buddha.livejournal.com]

Yep, $130. I sold it back for maybe $30. The sad thing is, if they hadn't upgraded to a new edition, I could have gotten an older edition from my high school AP Bio teacher for $25.

[geekchick]

A big part of the reason I worked in the bookstore all through college was I got to find out what textbooks I was going to need in advance and I got a decent discount. New editions were the bane of my existence both when I had to buy them and later when I had to spend my days on the phone with publishers finding out if there was going to be one coming out for the next semester.