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Originally Posted by wizwor
There are probably obscure laws designed to ensure schools can overcharge for texts. My kid gets a book list just a few days before classes start. Some of the books are 'special editions' or come with software codes that cost as much as the book if purchased separately. No doubt in my mind the intent is to make local purchase more appealing. Big Education: Overcharging and Undereducating.
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Special editions which have been tweaked for each state's special version of the course. Science textbooks that downplay Darwin and evolution and completely skip human reproduction, history textbooks that downplay Jefferson, literature anthologies that deny postmodernism, all that kind of academic censorship that we all hate to love.