Textbooks: A Dilemma

[rsadelle]

I have a whole bunch of math and Spanish textbooks. I've been out of school for four years. In all that time, I've referenced maybe two of those books. So do I keep them or do I find new homes for them?

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[archivecats.livejournal.com]

I say get rid of them. If you've got a Spanish dictionary and one good grammar, what do you need the others for? Unless you think you might start teaching it one day. Ditto the math. If you have questions, you can always look them up on the internet or e-mail the DiPhi people who are in math graduate school.

I'll always regret not selling my physics textbook back when I had the chance to get a decent return on it...

And then you'll have room for *more* books! :)

[rsadelle]

Actually, my thought was that if I got rid of them, I might be able to cut out a whole bookshelf in my bedroom, making it slightly less cramped.

allegram suggests keeping them on the theory that when she was growing up, any time they wanted to know something, her mother had a textbook on the topic. She did admit that her mother tried out every major known to college student.