Back to Board

{{learning.title}}

Learnist

Create your account

By creating an account, I accept Learnist's Terms and Privacy Policy
Learnist

Sign Up for a Learnist Account

Learnist Privacy Policy | Terms
Learnist

Login to Learnist

Learnist Privacy Policy | Terms

Learnist is currently accepting invites to our private beta

Request an invite and hold your spot with your Facebook info


*Nothing will be posted without your permission. Connecting gives us a user name and photo you can change at anytime. You will always have full control over your privacy settings.

Already a member?

There was a problem confirming your email address

The confirmation link you used is either expired or invalid. Please log in and try again.

Share via email

×

Sorry, we were unable to process that share request!

Please check the email address and try again.

Success!

Your share will be delivered to your friends within the next 24 hours.

Enter the addresses to send to:
From:

Create Your New Password

Enter your new password

Back

Forgot Password?

Enter your email address to reset your password

Sorry, there was a problem processing your password reset.

Your password has been reset

Close window

The High Costs of Text Books

Board Authors

Square_424529_10150509284092352_1355010673_n
Aaron Burcell
I'm a high-tech marketing executive. I'm fascinated with online marketing, social media and brand development. I'm also a former college baseball player and avid sports fan. I'm learning about exterior design, organic gardening, water conservation and s
56 boards     5192 followers     6741 following
Square_screen_shot_2012-07-09_at_2.32.48_pm
Christian Termont
education | economics | technology
36 boards     169 followers     246 following
Square_484389_10151156722811027_130609071_n
David Christopher Marino
Director of Customer Success and Online Community Management at Learnist. Life Long Entrepreneur & Learner. I believe that happiness is what makes this life worth living.. I believe in chasing after being truly happy, content, satisfied... and that it's up to all of us to fight for that :)
15 boards     285 followers     465 following
by , & 1 other
Category: Education | 401 views | Created: 04/23/12
Getting a traditional education is expensive. Every aspect of the process of learning has become expensive. Textbooks are maybe the most absurd example. In this board, were going to document and offer explanations for textbook costs.
{{board.followerCount}}
{{board.likeCount}}
text book
cost

2 Comments

Square_524704_3704678381231_175479265_n
Dawn Casey-Rowe
9 months ago | Reply |
I kept many of mine on principle. Now, whenever I feel like relearning Calc...I don't.
Square_photo_23_
Vivian Kerr
about 1 year ago | Reply |
Our high school textbooks were so ridiculous. I loved it when the Math books had the answers already written in. :)

Related Boards

Bag_of_money
GMAT - Profit
By: Vivian Kerr
Hqdefault
Super Bowl Ads
By: Dr. Iris Mohr
Img_3667
Choosing The Perfect Wedding Dress
By: Dr. Iris Mohr

Welcome to your new Learn Board

This is a Learn board. On this Board you can post Learnings about a specific topic you know well, or are interested in knowing more about.

There are several ways to add content to this Board:

  1. Use the Add button at the top of the page, or
  2. Drag this bookmarklet Learn It! to your browser bar to add websites, videos, maps and more to your Board as you browse the web.
  3. Use the "re-add" button while browsing Learnist to add Learnings from other user's Boards.