• @aquinteros
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    22 days ago

    is that price an exaggeration or do the texts in the US actually cost that much?

    • Flying Squid
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      62 days ago

      I had a $200 textbook when I was in college in the late 1990s in the US. That appears to be around $375 when adjusting for inflation.

      And I’m sure I was far from the only person who had a professor who made us buy the book he wrote and then never use it in class.

    • @GlendatheGayWitch
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      42 days ago

      When I was in college, most books were $150-250, although there was one book that was $350. That was a while back, so they could be gouging students even more.

      For reference at the time, you could rent a room for $250-300 in the college town that I was in.

      • @RagingRobot
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        12 days ago

        If you are homeless for a month you could buy one book!

        • @GlendatheGayWitch
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          11 day ago

          I worked part time at minimum wage (if I worked a graveyard shift I earned an extra dollar per hour) and typically earned around $600/month. When I had to go to the doctor, I’d typically have to go down to a bowl of ramen a day to save enough money for the copay and prescription (if there were meds prescribed). The university offered some insurance, but only for emergencies. If I recall correctly, it listed some payouts for major emergencies and losing an eye or something would get you a payment of less than $1000.

    • @LifeOfChance
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      22 days ago

      My most expensive college book was $450 and we were even told it was required but there was only 1 chapter that would be referenced nothing else.