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Old Sep 01, 04
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$513.43

how much my books for first term are :(

that was like how much my books for the whole year was last year. i'm taking more courses that require big expensive english/sociology textbooks this year though, whereas last year was mostly smaller novels.

still, so much $$$$!

how is everyone else's book buying going?
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Old Sep 01, 04
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buying books sux ass
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Old Sep 01, 04
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ya mine cost me about the same for my first semester when i was at trebas institute...the thing that sucked the most?


i spent all that money...got all my books...my school shut down like 5 weeks later and the place wouldnt take back my books...and its not like books that people in like ubc or sfu or even kwantlen would need for any course


grrr hopefully i'll be able to reuse them next year
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Old Sep 01, 04
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^that suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

and i like getting new books! i mean, they're expensive, but i'm looking at all the cool things i'm going to be reading this year and it's exciting me. i'm taking a sociology class that deals with same-sex marraige and like women in society and that should be really interesting :)
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Old Sep 01, 04
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i count myself extremely lucky that my brother took the same courses im taking so i get to borrow his books...

but my supplies per semester are about $550. i just went through eveyrthing i have and made a list of what i need... then i felt like crying.
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Old Sep 01, 04
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but my supplies per semester are about $550. i just went through eveyrthing i have and made a list of what i need... then i felt like crying.
the money part sucks, but don't you like getting new supplies and books? i always find it kind of exciting. like a fresh start.
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Old Sep 01, 04
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for my first year of nursing, I paid over $900 for my books.

this year, I'm happy that books will ONLY cost me $450 or so :P

--Joanne :P
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Old Sep 01, 04
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in a sense yes, because i get new paint - big huge massive 4 litre cans of paint. and i already picked up all my brushes... and used all of them.
but i really dont like putting out all the money im putting out for it.

but speaking of new books, lately ive been picking up a lot of new novels and reading them, and thats been wonderful.
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Old Sep 01, 04
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but speaking of new books, lately ive been picking up a lot of new novels and reading them, and thats been wonderful.
yeah, i usually buy like one book a week. i have a huge shelf of them so if there is ever a nuclear war and i have to hide underground for a couple of years i have like 400+ books to read. :)

what are you reading now?
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Old Sep 01, 04
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how much my books for first term are :(

that was like how much my books for the whole year was last year. i'm taking more courses that require big expensive english/sociology textbooks this year though, whereas last year was mostly smaller novels.

still, so much $$$$!

how is everyone else's book buying going?
you got off lucky..in third/forth year alot of the texts will be 130-150 a piece
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Old Sep 01, 04
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you got off lucky..in third/forth year alot of the texts will be 130-150 a piece
boo. i should just write all my own textbooks.
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Old Sep 01, 04
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boo. i should just write all my own textbooks.
Amen.
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Old Sep 01, 04
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Only $410 so far!
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Old Sep 02, 04
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yeah, i usually buy like one book a week. i have a huge shelf of them so if there is ever a nuclear war and i have to hide underground for a couple of years i have like 400+ books to read. :)

what are you reading now?

i just finished "the unbearable lightness of being"
it was amazing.
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Old Sep 02, 04
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books and supplies for my course are $1500, and you think you guys have it bad?


and my tuition was $5200 :(
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Old Sep 02, 04
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^yeah but what are you taking?

i complain because im in a program where all i will receive is a diploma and i feel im putting out too much money for it. if i were getting something more, i would expect to pay crazy prices. plus its not a diploma i can apply to anything but more education... when im done, ill have a pretty peice of paper with my name on it.... but all the same i love it.
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Old Sep 02, 04
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I just got out of high school so I don't know how much my shit is going to be until January or April.
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Old Sep 02, 04
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^yeah but what are you taking?

i complain because im in a program where all i will receive is a diploma and i feel im putting out too much money for it. if i were getting something more, i would expect to pay crazy prices. plus its not a diploma i can apply to anything but more education... when im done, ill have a pretty peice of paper with my name on it.... but all the same i love it.

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Old Sep 02, 04
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$1030.00 for my books (the whole year), my tuition was $12,000.00
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Old Sep 02, 04
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i just finished "the unbearable lightness of being"
it was amazing.
I liked the rule of threes Kundera presents for cheating on ones spouse, and the concept of the 'epic womanzier'. Otherwise that book was just "blah, blah, blah..."
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Old Sep 02, 04
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I liked the rule of threes Kundera presents for cheating on ones spouse, and the concept of the 'epic womanzier'. Otherwise that book was just "blah, blah, blah..."
i agree, the book definitly had some cool points, but there was a lot of unnessecary droning on.
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Old Sep 03, 04
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I went to Cap yesterday and bought 9 of my books, it came to roughly $170, I still have another 5 to get and those are going to cost 356$ but If I can find them at the Student Union building or somewhere else I might be able to save 30 - 50$.

I never thought that first year college would be this expensive :P
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Old Sep 03, 04
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robyn and sidekick i am in need of some more books - i work a mind numbing job and need some sort of thought stimulation while im there.
anything is helpful.
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Old Sep 03, 04
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oh come on now
it'll be worth it!

I could only wish I had the books you guys have
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Old Sep 04, 04
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robyn and sidekick i am in need of some more books - i work a mind numbing job and need some sort of thought stimulation while im there.
anything is helpful.
Lemon by Lawrence Krauser
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
The Pornographer's Poem by Michael Turner (canadian)
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

and i have many more if you want to know more good books :)
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