American Education

[dupee419]

You know, in many/all cases, you can skirt around paying 20k a year in tuition like I did and start my first two years of college in a community college for less than $5,000 a year. My folks couldn't afford to send me to school so I took it upon myself. I was able to pay for school while working a mere 25 hours a week in a FAST FOOD restaurant and still had money to burn. Of course I saved my money first and bought my first car with cold hard cash, and traveled to Asia without a dime of assistance to boot. I happened to do well enough in community college to earn a very substantial scholarship to a world renowned university where I completed my degree and lived happily ever after. (Or so I thought.) Of course now I'm in a little bit of debt due to my masters program but who cares. The only thing more expensive than going to college is NOT going to college. I would have cleaned shit in a zoo for minimum wage if it meant I could get an education.

cleaning shit in a zoo doesn't sound so bad. beats waiting tables.

[sundog]

. . . Since America's College system is privatized . . . .

That certainly would come as a surprise to all those state-supported colleges and universities.

[outsidelinebacker20]

Snusophile, I did the exact same thing. An Associates at Kankakee Community College, a scholastic scholarship to SIU and worked an assistantship for my Masters at ISU. Tuition amounted to not much, although that was from 82 to 89. My ex-girlfriend`s kids are going to U of I and it does not cost what is being bantered around here. If you pay full tuition at a private school, it is expensive. There are other ways. Your taxes subsidize good state schools, why not use them. It just depends how bad you want it. I worked during the summers, saved money and finished with very little debt, comparatively. I had a good time and my backpack trips to Europe are probably what gave me the incentive to try and live here.

Kevin