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Bankruptcy is lifesaving (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Around 3-5% is spent on textbooks alone

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Your textbook is enough to pay for all of our education.

Did no one thought about having a library for that lmao.

P.S. Or more seriously on putting the material online.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

I’m sure some people thought of it. But then everybody else thought “wait, but money!”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Room and board can be as much as another 20% depending on where you go.