Lillydale

In my first class of BSW I was really excited and bought all my books that they said were "required". However during the entire class out of four mini books, we used maybe two pages in one and one page in the other. The other two books were not even mentioned and I was told to use them as "reference" in the future. I was mad. Okay so even if they were only $7 a book, I'm a full time student and that to me is a meal I could have used. After this class I became more creative. I am not proud of all my tricks but when you're poor, you're poor. Here are my tips: 1. Borrow and photocopy pages from a friend' text. I use the app CamScanner which is great. You can download the app through piratebay.org. 2. Search online the textbook. Sometimes people upload them illegally. 3. At the end of the term, there was a research class that I needed to write a paper for. This is super cheap but the book was over $100 and I didn't have that kind of money for a book I will never use again after the paper. All my friends were writing the same papers and they needed their textbook too. At the bookstore, the return policy is 14 days. So I bought the book, wrote my paper within 10 days, cited everything in the book I needed making sure to treat the book like new and I returned it. I did this once I'll admit. 4. Check out your public library and see if it is available. Check your school library. 5. Some books you can buy the ebook version of, save a copy for yourself and return the book online. 6. Look on piratebay for the book uploaded illegally. I am not proud of some of these things I did but I stopped buying books lets just say. In college I used my textbooks all the time but when I went to university, I barely open it and use Google Scholar to do all my research for papers. I would only buy books I know I would reference in the future.