Reason: They are they only place anywhere around BYU that has all the books that the students need.
Claim: The bookstore charges way too much for books.
Assumption: Students hate paying tons of money for their books.
2. Argument: Landlords for apartments around BYU charge too much for rent and fees, and don't care enough for the property.
Reason: Students have to stay in BYU approved housing and there are only a certain number of apartments around campus, so landlords will have students in their apartments no matter what they do.
Claim: They should make the prices competitive with the rest of the valley and make the landlords keep up on maintenance.
Assumption: Landlords take advantage of the fact that students have to live close to campus in approved housing by charging too much and not taking care of the property.
3. Argument: The fact that we have to have a code to add a class online after classes have started even if there is space in the class is ridiculous.
Reason: It would be easier for everyone if we could add the class online, if there was space in it.
Claim: It wastes a lot of time for students and teachers to wait and count how many people want to be in their class and how many have dropped, and then give out the codes to the students the teacher picks.
Assumption: It would save time if we could add a class online anytime if there was space in it.
i would agree on your first statement that the bookstore does have a complete monopoly. Not only is there a complete monopoly, but yet the books change what seems like every year. We as students are having to spend close to five hundred dollars each semester on books. Even best sellers, which are alot more publicized, don't sell for over a hundred dollars and rarely over fifty. Then when we are done with the expensive college book and are trying to sell them back, in a flash they are outdated and new ones are being sold. I would say the whole system is corrupt.
ReplyDeleteI agree on your statements about adding classes. It is really frustrating that you cannot just add a class, especially if there is room. You could also add that instead of expanding the class sizes after registration the class size that a teacher can actually have should be what is posted online. Then students don't have to play the waiting game, they will know if a class is really full or not and won't miss out on other classes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your second argument. I believe that BYU should keep a better eye on the housing that we as students are forced to live in. If we are held to such high standards, our housing should be as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that the BYU bookstore is a monopolist. Your assumptions and claims did support your reason for why you think the bookstore is a monopoly.YOur agruement with textbooks and their prices was very good. But you could also bring up the fact that all the clothing and other items in the bookstore are just as expensive. It seems like just because it is on BYU campus they can boost up the prices on their products.
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