• Guster@lemmy.world
    12·
    1 year ago

    It should be illegal for lectures to sell their own book as part of the course lol, I saw that happen a few times back then

    • BruceLee@lemmy.ml
      41·
      1 year ago

      I am know US people are especially in trouble with the cost of their books but haven’t you never financially suffer from buying copybooks, pens, binders, highlighters, white-outs, pencilcase, pencil, rubber, running shoes, backpack, organisers, coloring pens, ruler (30cm not 20), compass, square and protractor, sharper, scissors, gouache, feuilles simples A4 à grands carreaux, feuilles simple A5 à petits carreaux, agenda, feuilles doubles A4 à grand carreaux feuille Canson blanche A4 180g, trois cahiers à spirales 24-32 avec intercalaires de la marque Claire Fontaine et une calculatrice TI-83 Premium CE ?

      I mean if not your parents did, and you will soon. As soon I you leave high school if you continue to study or a soon as you kids reach 3 years old. Have I mention back-to-school clothes and hair cup that might need to be freshen up if the school picture is taken too far from the beginning of the year ?

    • the_itsb (she/her)@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      In the US, in the weeks leading up to the new school year starting late August/early September, many retailers will offer discounts on school supplies - paper, pencils and pens, backpacks, etc - to attract customers. Many clothing retailers market it to students as a great time for a wardrobe refresh or to reinvent your look entirely and offer discounts. Same deal with electronics, especially since higher math courses tend to have required calculators. Some states - including Ohio, where I live - offer a sales tax holiday on a weekend during this season to help with the expense involved.

      It’s wicked expensive with just one kid, I can’t imagine having several.

        • KreekyBonez@lemm.ee
          3·
          1 year ago

          more of a back to putting off work from school sale

          I used to rush to do my homework in between classes and on the bus, to make more time for short SNES games. I can’t imagine what it’s like for kids now that they have enormous open-world games to distract them.

      • yimby@lemmy.ca
        1·
        1 year ago

        And this is the second biggest shopping season of the year, only beat by Christmas.

    • aradon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s the time in America at the end of summer when the “back to school” list’s come out for each grade of each school.

      • korstmos@kbin.social
        6·
        1 year ago

        Every book has a unique number used to identify them, the ISBN (International Standard Book Number). If you can figure out the ISBN of a book, it becomes an easy search term for piracy, because now you aren’t looking for a long title, you’re looking for a unique number!
        Most bookstores will list the ISBN of a book on their website, so that step should be pretty easy.

        Then to commit the piracy, you can often just google the ISBN + filetype:pdf and get a free PDF pretty frequently.
        There is also library genesis (libgen), where you can look up pirated books via their ISBN, which has a super wide selection.
        And if even libgen does not have it, you can try torrent trackers (read up more on !piracy )

        Of course most of those options are legally questionable or illegal depending on where you live, and I of course would not recommend you actually perform them ;)