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   Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 05:10:02 JST Lina Inver?e
   today i learned american education requires you to pay obscene prices for the books you need for classes
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 05:28:45 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @perfect_brains i just heard vincent from staten island on a 7 year old recording state that you can get away with pdf copies of books sometimes, which can be pirated
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     perfect brains (perfect_brains@social.freetalklive.com)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 05:28:46 JST perfect brains

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     @lina

     it is a scam
     but you might be able to find a used copy of the same book for much less
     even last years book will have basically the same informatio

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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:03:04 JST Lina Inver?e

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     • Protoss
     @latein it is an option of sorts, but im pretty sure it's not very easy, i heard a lot about how american ISPs are strict about torrenting
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     Protoss (latein@cawfee.club)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:03:05 JST Protoss

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     @lina Is torrenting their textbooks not an option?
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     rocc@misskey.bubbletea.dev's status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:11:46 JST Rocc

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     @lina@eientei.org real. Although many states and universities /colleges have programs to offset this cost through grants or a flat fee in the tuition.
     
     
     It's the best when you have a class with a required text that was written by the professor but is only available digitally or in an unbound binder with limited resale value.
     
     
     incestuous corruption imo

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     Protoss (latein@cawfee.club)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:32:35 JST Protoss

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     @lina I'd be more concerned if they added the book fee into enrolment (I live in Australia where they don't do this, and nobody buys textbooks at my uni)
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:33:47 JST Lina Inver?e

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     • Protoss
     @latein yea, normally you have an in-house library for the school/college/uni/whatever and as long as you don't fuck the books up, it's free
     also
     >australia
     :sniper: