When will people get that education is expensive? That is always has been always will be? This is all I could think about when reading an article in the Easy Bay Express about a UC Berekley undergrad who didn’t want to take out loans, so he had to work to made ends meet.
Welcome to the real word famlee!
The problem with this article is two fold. First there is a presumption that if you go to a 1st tier research institution that YOU should not have to take out loans.
“They’re studying at the top public school in the nation, so that’s crazy,” said Angela Lintz, director of higher education programs at Level Playing Field Institute, a San Francisco nonprofit that runs the IDEAL Scholars program. “They’re competing with kids whose parents are doctors and lawyers and studying full-time. … It’s very hard to keep up.”
Eh. Buddy . You been reading the paper lately. If you don’t have cake to finance your dream education, house or car, you take out a loan. Its how its done.
The second problem is that the idea that ” the rich kids win because they are rich and the poor kids are on scholarship, which leaves the middle class screwed” is implied twice. The other problem are the statements made on two different occasions
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In another section of the article, Kathleen Richards writes,
It’s not as though the two have no other financial assistance. Tenorio receives scholarships and grants. He also joined the military when he was seventeen in order to receive $45,000 for college. But with roughly $20,000 in annual expenses, he says that leaves a big shortfall. Wooldridge, who receives $2,000 per semester from a scholarship offered by Staples, spent three years at a community college, and took a semester off to work full-time and save. But neither has taken out any loans, and they plan to keep it that way.
If you are stuck, go to another school or do something to change/impact the system?
Otherwise, stop complaining, that sh*t makes my ass ache.
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What is your theory on school loans? Would you go to a lower ranked school that gave you cash vs a higher ranked school that give you substantially less but was more prestigious?
Why or why not?
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