Summer Classes

I was hoping to take summer classes so I won't have as a hectic fall or spring semester, but it sucks that the FAFSA doesn't cover it. I also hate that after what happened with all the banks in 2008 and 2009, there are very little student loans that students can get. My first year of college, I had no problem getting one and I did not have a co-signer or credit, but the upside to that is that UWM isn't expensive at all. The downside to that upside is that UWM, like any other college, has expensive books and unnecessary things that students have to buy. I don't get why we cant use books from the previous year; they say the exact same thing and the only change in the books are the years and a few pages might be added. I also hate those clicker things. They' re almost $40 and instead of using them to get participation points, the questions could be asked online or something. I had to spend about 775 dollars on books alone this year, not including having to pay for online grading programs for Spanish or a poetry dictionary, or even a$20 booklet that looked like a three year old made it.