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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:27 pm
by Jude
Mid A 15 wrote:
Hendrik wrote:my piggy bank would be in the shape of a textbook

(well someone has to put money into education...)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
you wouldn't get much value for money then Hendrik would you??
:wink: :lol:

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:09 am
by Scone Lover
Oh I don't know have you seen the thickness of some of those legal text books.

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:30 pm
by Mid A 15
Scone Lover wrote:Oh I don't know have you seen the thickness of some of those legal text books.
Have you seen the PRICE of some of those legal text books? :twisted:

Oldest daughter has done Law degree and Legal Practice Certificate.

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:33 pm
by blondie95
my borthers text book that should see him through all 3years at uni(and at the price of it it had better!) was £85 and it wasnt that big

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:49 pm
by Jude
Sarah's books for Human Genetics were £120, but she got them for £80 by buying in bulk - however , these are the ESSENTIAL books for THIS year only, the others she gets out of the library. And next year is another matter indeed!

Some of my degree books were £80 each and that was in 1992-95! Mind you I am glad I wasn't a student student, (I was a mture one, with kids and my own home!) as lugging those around campus would not have been amusing - especially as Sarah lives over 2 miles from the main campus of Leeds! I think students should be allowed granny trolleys to carry their books!

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:48 pm
by blondie95
i never actually needed my text books in lectures, i just used them at home, but when i was doing my dissertation i had to make two trips home with the books i took out!

I must admit doing my english half of degree i liked buying the books and reading the as it made my booke collection look incredibly exspanse

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:40 pm
by Jude
I just love books pretty much - they sort of overtake the house in places - I am thinking of having a complete book case the length of the living room which will use some useless space..... costly though!

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:59 pm
by blondie95
the shelf at the top of the wardrobe at my parents is ligned double with booksfrom by degree-to me that shows my degree not the piece of a paper that i got given.

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:51 pm
by DavebytheSea
blondie95 wrote:the shelf at the top of the wardrobe at my parents is ligned double with booksfrom by degree-to me that shows my degree not the piece of a paper that i got given.
... and just in case any of us have forgotten, Amy, this was an English degree, was it not?

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:02 am
by Richard Ruck
DavebytheSea wrote:
blondie95 wrote:the shelf at the top of the wardrobe at my parents is ligned double with booksfrom by degree-to me that shows my degree not the piece of a paper that i got given.
... and just in case any of us have forgotten, Amy, this was an English degree, was it not?
"I must admit doing my english half of degree i liked buying the books and reading the as it made my booke collection look incredibly exspanse"

Only half of it, David!

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:31 am
by Jude
blondie95 wrote:the shelf at the top of the wardrobe at my parents is ligned double with booksfrom by degree-to me that shows my degree not the piece of a paper that i got given.
Then there is Lined - as opposed to Amy's Ligned....
booksfrom by degree.... ? books from MY degree??

OK Amy - you're tired, it's the end of the day when you post - we all do bloopers in our posts - but this last one needs re-writing completely!

The shelp a the top of the wardrobe at my parents home, is double lined with books from my degree. To me, that shows my degree (ie the number of books - hopefully all read!) not the piece of paper I recieved at graduation.

how did I do?

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:39 am
by Hendrik
Or alternatively, if I shaped my piggy bank like a Trident missile, Tony Blair would be falling over himself to shove billions of pounds into it.

Result.

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:27 pm
by Euterpe13
my piggybank would have to be in the shape of a rude letter from the Internal Revenue..... sigh

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:57 pm
by blondie95
almost spot on Jude! They have all been started just not all of them finished. But am doing that now and have read some total rubbish as part of my degree! Which was joint with International Relations.

All the books and work show my degree and what i obtained rather than a piece of paper!- this post took me ages to type as i checked it all!

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:25 am
by Hendrik
blondie95 wrote:almost spot on Jude! They have all been started just not all of them finished. But am doing that now and have read some total rubbish as part of my degree! Which was joint with International Relations.

All the books and work show my degree and what i obtained rather than a piece of paper!- this post took me ages to type as i checked it all!
You didn't really graduate in English, did you?