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I met an au pair from the neighborhood I work in last night named Ilze. I asked her where she is form and she said she was from South Africa. I told her I liked her name, and asked her if she knew what it meant. She said, no, so I thought I'd try to find out. I'm thinking it sounds sort of like the German name for Elizabeth, Ilsa, but I'm not sure. Anyone got anything better? I'm getting her a course sheet for the college I go to because she's interested in going to school here, so I'll probably see her next week; I'd like to tell her then.
Which brings me to another point: Do you know how much I paid for my math book today? A whopping $103.72! For one book!! It doesn't even have very many color pictures! Thank goodness the school does buy-backs at the end of the semester-for half price.
Which brings me to another point: Do you know how much I paid for my math book today? A whopping $103.72! For one book!! It doesn't even have very many color pictures! Thank goodness the school does buy-backs at the end of the semester-for half price.
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South Africa abounds with Afrikaaners who are decendants of Dutch or German settlers (I'm not sure which, but I believe they were originally Dutch).
Concerning the cost of books, a friend of mine paid @$159.00 (plus tax) for his Anatomy & Physiology textbook and I paid $20.00 (plus tax) for a Japanese calligraphy set that I needed for my language class (I could've paid $35.00 [plus tax] for the language tapes to go along with everything else, but I figured eating was a tad more important than language tapes.). By the way, 5.6% sales tax for everything but food and some medicines here in Milwaukee.
Phyllis(aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
Concerning the cost of books, a friend of mine paid @$159.00 (plus tax) for his Anatomy & Physiology textbook and I paid $20.00 (plus tax) for a Japanese calligraphy set that I needed for my language class (I could've paid $35.00 [plus tax] for the language tapes to go along with everything else, but I figured eating was a tad more important than language tapes.). By the way, 5.6% sales tax for everything but food and some medicines here in Milwaukee.
Phyllis(aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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South Africa abounds with Afrikaaners who are decendants of mainly German settlers... but in order for them to all speak one language.. they used the one book available..
This was a Dutch bible.. and now they still speak a simple kind of Dutch that is easy to be understood by Dutch people like me :)
History is a funny thing!
Best regards, Robert
This was a Dutch bible.. and now they still speak a simple kind of Dutch that is easy to be understood by Dutch people like me :)
History is a funny thing!
Best regards, Robert
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Did your professor write the book? I love it when they assign you to buy their own book!
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No she didn't write the book herself...
And what's really aggrivating is that I took the same class last semester (and failed :( Math is not a favorite subject of mine.) at another campus, and their book only costs $82, but this campus uses a different book, which I didn't find out until after I enrolled in the class!
On the up side, My Humanities Professor made us buy her book that she wrote, but it was only $30 AND it will get you through two semesters of her classes.
And what's really aggrivating is that I took the same class last semester (and failed :( Math is not a favorite subject of mine.) at another campus, and their book only costs $82, but this campus uses a different book, which I didn't find out until after I enrolled in the class!
On the up side, My Humanities Professor made us buy her book that she wrote, but it was only $30 AND it will get you through two semesters of her classes.
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