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Who says you need to go straight through school? Many, like my hubby and his siblings who came from a poor family, all graduated from college. They mostly paid for it themselves through loans. They would go for awhile then stop and go back when they could afford it.
My hubby had his master's degree mostly paid for through his employer. He had to keep a high point average to be reimbursed but he did it. There is all kinds of ways to attend college. My son got a scholarship in drama at a small junior college. Might not be a big school but a degree is a degree.
Since I just put two kids through college, I know what college expenses are; I know what kind of jobs college age kids can get; and I know how much time school takes and how hard that is to work around a class schedule. In fact, it was much the same when I was in college all those decades ago.
If you are suggesting that working while in college is not possible, then I feel sorry for you. , as millions of students do it every day of the week, every week of the year.
Last edited by CaseyB; 07-30-2011 at 08:37 AM..
Reason: rude
15 Semester Hours average
20 Hours Unpaid Internship per week
32 Hours Part Time Job per week
This summarized my last two years in college. For those who make excuses that there is no time to work while in college, you're simply full of crap.
The only caveat that I subscribe to is that jobs are scarce.
No kidding, I worked a full time graveyard shift, slept, went to college and then back to work for years.
We have a lazy entitlement minded group of wimps these days IMO.
If the government defaults, many students would have to leave school because the government would stop giving loans and grants. Do Republicans care?
Pell grant and other government guarantee are the reason why tuition is so high. I know I know, our trusted politician said it is the greedy college that charge high price.
Little over 30 years before government started with all of this, college is very affordable. You can wait table and the money will able to get you through college.
Same go to health care cost. Before government involve in health, all doctor charged the lowest fee because they have competition. If they charge too high, the customer will go to another doctor. But since government got involve since the Nixon's administration, suddenly, doctor's customer no longer the patients, it is the 3rd party payers. Now they charge the max because the patients no longer paying directly.
Pell grant and other government guarantee are the reason why tuition is so high. I know I know, our trusted politician said it is the greedy college that charge high price.
Little over 30 years before government started with all of this, college is very affordable. You can wait table and the money will able to get you through college.
Same go to health care cost. Before government involve in health, all doctor charged the lowest fee because they have competition. If they charge too high, the customer will go to another doctor. But since government got involve since the Nixon's administration, suddenly, doctor's customer no longer the patients, it is the 3rd party payers. Now they charge the max because the patients no longer paying directly.
And then they those high prices that to justify more government intervention.
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