Down to Pennies.

I have a bone to pick with colleges. 
I know this isn't the case for all college students but I know many of my friends are paying for their own tuition and such. So why do books cost so freaking much to buy? Renting them could sometimes be just as expensive as buying it! 

It's insane. For the 5 classes I have this semester I had to buy 11 books. Most of them were for my Texas History course and weren't too expensive, but the most expensive was definitely Biology. Introductory Biology. THE TEXTBOOK ALONE COSTS 200 BUCKS and then there was something else that I needed to get that was like another 100 bucks. I feel that books like that should be checked in/out for a class like a library book. Or if we only use the book for say, one or two chapters (which has happened to me twice already) why not have a copy of those chapters out of the teachers edition or something to put online or hand out? I would much rather carry around a thick packet of papers instead of a 10 pound book. Not to mention I could easily take notes on those papers and not feel guilty about highlighting or writing notes on it.

The stereotypical college student is pictured as struggling right? Sitting on a budget, leaving them only to eat ramen noodles in their dorm room at their desk lit by one single desk lamp while surrounding themselves with their studies, papers scattered all around. So why make it harder on a college student by having the most expensive books in the world in the curriculum? I don't know. I don't really find any good reason that text books should cost so much for college students. What do you think?


I'm a teenager
I'm a college student
I don't have that much money

I'm just your average girl.