educe me » expensive http://www.educeme.com Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:33:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Huge and Monstrous http://www.educeme.com/2007/01/14/huge-and-monstrous/ http://www.educeme.com/2007/01/14/huge-and-monstrous/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:02:06 +0000 Anne http://www.educeme.com/2007/01/14/huge-and-monstrous/ This week has been a bit of a haze for me, but at some point I picked up another course packet and had a panic attack shortly thereafter. Or maybe the panic attack came after I saw the price of one of my textbooks. I am not sure.

What is certain is that the History of Love and Marriage class has won the contest for the most monstrous course packet ever.

At $61, it rivals an entire ream of printer paper but only holds roughly 35 readings.

Course packet 1

Course packet 2

I dropped Survey of Acting in favor of Music Appreciation, which I think will suit me and my insane load much better. I went to the bookstore to pick up the textbook, only to find it was one of those shrink-wrapped deals. The pack contained a smallish textbook and 2 music CDs — for $103. “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” I said to the bookshelf. I promptly went home and ordered the text and CDs from Amazon and, even with expedited shipping, it only cost a mere $65 and change. Screw you, textbook racketeers.

If you only see me on the weekends, you now know why.

Expand for comparison shots of the monstrous packet.

Fun with course packet 1

Fun with course packet 2

Fun with course packet 3

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