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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Leona Lewis looks like Alicia Keys..Tell Me What You Think!
I know this is a bit off the subject of college, but I was watching the morning news and they were interviewing Leona Lewis, who happens to be an American Idol winner of last year, I think. Anyway, as I was watching the interview I kept saying to myself, " She really looks like Alicia Keys. Tell me what you think!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Jobs for every College Student!
Going to college full time really is a job in itself. You are actually working overtime if you really think about it because when you are done with your actual classes for the day, the work has actually just begun. Now, you have to apply what you have learned while sitting in that lecture hall for three hours to assignments. So, with this in mind, a lot of college students have to factor in an income to support them. When you really think about it, you are working three jobs and don't even now it. So, exactly what kind of job is most flexible while going to school? Try the retail industry. Retail stores are generally opened until 9pm throughout most of the year which can be beneficial to obtaining a workable flexible schedule that you can intertwine with your studies. Or maybe you can find an office job that needs assistance for a couple of hours a day not necessarily five days a week. You could even work for your university possibly at the bookstore or even as an assistant in one of the departments. Anyway you look at it; there is a job out there for every college student that seeks employment.
How to Get your Textbook Without Having to Pay!
Another way to lessen your cost for college is to venture to different avenues. For example, college textbooks are expensive, I feel for no reason. So, maybe you can get your textbook without having to pay. Ever crossed your mind to check out your school library or maybe even your local library. You'll be surprised; they may have your book! The only down fall may be the edition that your professor is requesting. Honestly, a lot of professors really don’t care.
Get more for your Textbooks!
Looking for a way to earn some extra cash. If you have textbooks just sitting around, setup an amazon account, it is very simple. You could easily turn your textbook piles into fast cash. Universities do allow students to sell back there textbooks but you hardly get back what you paid. With amazon you have an eighty percent chance of getting back what you paid for your textbook or maybe twenty to thirty dollars less which is still better than getting back twenty dollars for a book that you spent $ 130.00 for. Go to amazon.com and check it out!
Extra Cash...Selling your textbooks!
Remember how you would complain about how heavy textbooks were in high school? That's if you actually carried yours! But anyway, you will appreciate the fact that they were just heavy textbooks, and not very expensive and very heavy textbooks. Why are textbooks so expensive? I have no clue, but its absurd! Anyway, when you go to the book store to find out that your Statistics book is $ 180.00 and the study guide that the professor requires with it for his/her class is an extra $ 30.00 you are going to shake your head or maybe even say something that you wouldn't around your grandmother, get what I am saying! Listen, just because your school bookstore has all of the books readily at your finger tips does not mean that you have to buy them there. You are not obligated to buy your text books from the school bookstore hence the reason for sites like Amazon and Barnes & Noble...you can even search Craigslist.
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