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textbooks in this district are the most expensive of any school in the area. It seems this is a public school, the books should be provided either free or at a nominal charge. This is unfair to parents of children in the district
Originally posted by northsider: textbooks in this district are the most expensive of any school in the area. It seems this is a public school, the books should be provided either free or at a nominal charge. This is unfair to parents of children in the district
I’m bored with Northsider. It’s not funny anymore. Even Clam’s responses are more boring than normal. Even Clam’s witty remarks aren’t enough to keep me entertained. I for one will no longer feed this troll.
Posts: 1072 | Location: 41.861337,-88.07474 | Registered: December 27, 2007
I for one would be happy to forego a BMW payment or two if Northsiders' kids need some help getting their books. I can afford it....I'd probably just blow it on bacon anyway.
“just like in real life there's still rules on this team. Unlike real life? Nobody's above the rules on this field." – Coach Eric Taylor
I think if you're worrying about the price of books...that you probably shouldn't be living in one of the more expensive suburbs in DuPage County. Books should be the least of your worries.
Posts: 9128 | Location: CLEA | Registered: November 04, 2004
Is there any public school system, anywhere, where you don't have to pay for books? Even back in working class Indiana, my parents had to pay for my text books. But of course, you can always sell them back at the end of the year - or is that too difficult a concept to grasp?
Tip for all college-bound students: Don't buy books from the school bookstore. Wait to see what books you'll really need - for this is usually very different from the official list; I can't tell you how many books my son has bought that he's never used - and then buy them for a very minimum amount on Amazon. And then, of course, at the end of the term - sell them back via Amazon marketplace. Saves a ton of $$$.
Well, perhaps it was called "book rental?" That's what it was called in my high school. But it's the same concept as here, if you sell your books back at the end of the year.
But I have vivid memories of handing over checks to the school bookstore, back in the day. (Early eighties.) And again, this was in Indianapolis, IN, not anywhere in Illinois.
The problem with selling the books back at the end of the year is that the bookstore at West isn't always willing to buy back books they sold at the beginning of the year. For example, my senior wanted to burn one of his textbooks last night to celebrate the end of high school. His argument for burning that particular book was that the school wouldn't buy it back because they're going to use a new book next year. He didn't end up burning it, but we'll probably have a rough time selling it somewhere else for much of anything. It's an American Government book that was updated to include analysis of the 2000 presidential election.
Well, yes - this happens to textbooks regularly, of course. Particularly history books.
I don't know - we bitch because we don't want to pay taxes to fund the schools, and we bitch when we have to pay for things like textbooks ourselves, because of this. Seems like we have to just suck it up, one way or another. The buying or renting of textbooks is a pretty common practice. And look at it this way - in three years every kid will have a Kindle (don't ask me who will pay for it), and textbooks will be downloaded for 99 cents each. Maybe 2 bucks, tops. And this, too, will go the way of memories like mimeograph machines and overhead projectors.
