About 3 months ago, I signed up for a Japanese 101 class at my local community college and I finished it early last month. I'll tell you right now, it wasn't worth the money at all. The class itself cost about $150, the textbook cost around $100, and the workbook that goes with the textbook costs $50. So overall, Japanese 101 could cost you $300 or more. Not worth the price tag in my opinion since everything I learned in that class, you can learn for free using online resources. However, if you still want to sign up for Japanese 101 despite my warning, I can help you save some money to make it more worth your money.
First of all, when you sign up for the class, don't buy the required textbook right away, never pay full price for that sucker! You see, the way the textbook industry works is they keep putting out new editions of their books and every edition is pricier than the last. That may seem logical, but the trick here is that all that is needed to brand a book as a new edition, is a few minor changes. Overall, it changes nothing essential about the book and the price of the previous edition takes a nose dive as they become "obsolete" when in reality, they are still quite usable. Price tag on a new edition text: $80 - $100, price tag on the previous edition text: $5.44 - $10. Epic savings right there.
*If you need dirt cheap prices on books for class, I would suggest checking out abebooks.com. I haven't had any problems buying from them, but don't be dumb, don't buy from sellers with low bookseller ratings.*
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