Did your parents ever start a college fund? Did they take a chunk of their income and put at least SOME away for you? Maybe if they financed their cars smartly, they could have helped you out some.
If they started when you were born, and put in 50/month you get this:
50 * 12 = $600 per year saved
600 * 17 = $10,200 saved by the time you are 17 years old.
I would say that it’s MORE than fair for them to set aside $50/month. That is the same amount of the average cell phone bill. That $10k would have helped you a lot, and hurt them only a little bit(I would think). Maybe they couldn’t pay for ALL of your schooling, but they should be able to help a little.
they got married when they were 20 it really wasn’t at the top of their to do list lol but yeah you’re right it would have been nice and i will do that for mine and help them at least partially… sorry my rant got out of control guys
I plan on doing the same thing for my kids. My parents never made a “fund” but they took 30k+ from their savings account to pay my first year. Actually they were smart, they charged the whole bill on their gm card and their rewards card. This got them lots of money back toward their new car, and gave them a trip to vegas. They just charged it, and when the bill came in they paid it off.
Im really surprised not one person has touched on the cost of education now-a-days. Maybe thats what so much of this “bailout” is driven by.
As a SUNY student, I really cant complain because I feel the SUNY system is one of the only things our state does right, but lets face it, so many colleges around the world are becoming businesses just as much as they are educators. And please please please dont even get me started on the textbook companies.
Im not saying we deserve these “bailouts” its just something to think about, are tuition rates fair?
Let’s back up for one moment. Your schooling IS paid for. If you want more than grade 12 YOU pay for it. I mean where does it end? I know people that would go to school their entire life if someone else would pay. And this is why you little shits scare me, it is like you are born with your hand out. The sense of entitlement has crippled this country already. I’m done.
What opportunities does a HS Diploma get you now-a-days? Neither of my parents have 4 year college degrees. They didn’t need them when they were job hunting.
However, now, it is difficult to get a job/advance your salary without at least a 4 year degree.
If you were born in 1980, you would have went to college around 1997. Tuition rates were lower in the late 90s than they are now. So maybe you could have saved less/month, and still helped out just as much.
We’re not exactly talking about the 60s and 70s here. Most of us were born in the Mid-80s.
Stop making excuses for your parents and for yourself. Even if you cut that 50 in half, you would save $5k. That is enough to AT LEAST cover books.
I do not have a 4 year degree, I just got a 10K raise. I will be getting my degree and taking a totally diferent position in two years as part of that deal, but it is possible to get a job sans degree. You just have to be a standout employee if you want to beat the guys that have one. I work 2x harder than anyone else in my office, and it does not go unnoticed.
If your parents can outright afford these $20k a year schools, more power to them… but I absolutely hate it when I see friends of mine (who I considered greatly smarter than me in HS) paying loans out the ass at St. Bonaventure for 4 years only to obtain a communications degree and ending up working at Geico.
Another thing people neglected to mention is the old “I just got my Medical Degree and have $150k in loans… time to file for bankruptcy” scheme lol. I know thats harder to do now-a-days per new bankruptcy laws but still lol, what about that form of “bailout” lol.
Banks didn’t ruin the economy it was the iresponsible consumers living above their means.
If they are going to put bailouts on student loans, I dont think they should forgive the students that like to get every dime possible and then a buy a 70k vette :banghead:
I’m glad I didn’t sucked into college debt, it really puts a hurting on poeple
I have said this for years…I feel if you can’t afford to put your kid through college you didn’t plan properly. It’s a planning and responsibility thing IMO.
Same with retirement for that matter…I don’t have sympathy for those that were near retirement and kept their nest egg in high risk shit. Protect ya neck yo! WU TANG
