3374 How much does it cost?
to support a single adult who isn't going to college?There was another scare story in USA Today last week about rising costs of college.
"For academic year 2006-07, the average cost of tuition, room and board at a public university was $12,796; for a private school, the total averaged $30,367."
Just two years ago the same paper reported the good news that rising costs were making more students eligible for government aid!
So, let's take the college experience out of the equation. How much does it cost you in real 2007 dollars if your young adult didn't go to college but you were shelling out for the apartment, utilities, transportation and parking, food, clothes, leisure activities, cable, computer, broad band, and insurance?
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This may be the lamest of all the lame things Dems argue about. Why shouldn't these adults pay a stiff price for a superior education. They can get the first two years practically free in JC if they prefer. They can get the last two years for a few thousand dollars in state colleges.
If you want to purchase a scarce commodity, you need to pay for it.
The government already provides a way for you to get a relatively free ride through a school as expensive as SC or Stanford, it's called the ROTC. If four years is too much for these babies to give, then I don't feel very sorry for them. My dh had to work his way through JC and State. He's doing just fine. Of course, maybe it's that little word "work" that they're really afraid of.
I am a HUGE fan of doing away with the old traditional way of going to college.
It used to be that the "child" would choose a school with their parent, and the parent would pay for the school, and the "child" would not need to work, blah blah blah.
Well, who the hell does that help? I'm all for parents paying for school (my parents didn't. I paid for it all by myself), but what's the point in not working? By working (a real job) through college, the "child" gains experience in the field they are studying.
The world is changing, and I think our views of how we prepare for the world could use an update as well.
Personally, I am one parent that thinks a child after they turn 18 is of legal adult age---according to all standards [laws, drinking age, serving the country, adult, etc.] So--if the now adult 18 year old wants to extend their education...they should WORK and PAY their own way.
My son is now working on his doctorate degree and has done it all on his own since serving in the USMC.
Finally, I'm finding some bloggers close to my age!!! YES!!!
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