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The costs have indeed gotten out of hand. I was particularly perturbed by this during Gradual School when I had to buy a $75 half-inch thick paperback called "Feminist Social Psychology," which is an entirely OTHER kettle of fish. I had signed up for the required "social psychology" class, information from which was going to appear on the Comprehensive Exams. Instead, I had a semester-long whine-fest during which I was ALWAYS on the "wrong" side of the issue under discussion for the week.
I may have already run this book through the shredder, but if I still have it, I may take it out to the range for target practice.
We were discussing the $150 Statistics textbook and the useless $50 "study guide", which, thankfully, was used for both Stat I and Stat II. The Stat II prof claimed that the reason textbook costs were so high was the higher standard for proofreading and such for textbooks vs. mass market books.
My class spent the rest of the semester pointing out EVERY single error we found, demanding refunds.
Oh, and how did I PASS stat? Simple. I bought a $15 copy of "Schaumm's Outline of Statistics."
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