Highlighting your books
Students from most public high schools, where it is a capital offense to put even a light pencil mark in a textbook, may have a tough time with this. However, universities require students to purchase their own books, and usually at high prices. Since you own these expensive texts, it totally acceptable and certainly advisable to write in them.
Highlighting is a good way to filter out minor details, and it’s an excellent way to review for exams. If you don’t write in your texts because you want to keep them in pristine condition, you’re making studying much more difficult than it need be. Besides, the resale value of marked-up books is exactly the same as clean books.
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