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[–] JcbAzPx 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some professors do the best they are allowed to mitigate the cost of books. Then there was the guy that required his own book for the class and charged tens of thousands of dollars for it.

[–] minkymunkey_7_7 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh and the scratch off code inside the book for the online part of the course which is 30 % of your grade.... So you need to buy the book because the professors sold out on actual education and are getting a cut of the profit from the publishers.

[–] Dozzi92 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not exactly college educated, but how is that not an ethical violation? Or is there just no ethics in teaching? If someone prohibits me from pirating textbooks through scratch-offs, my avenues for belligerence are limited.