I'm so 1948...

[highland145]

Packaged up my kid's college tuition.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Are you sending them back in time to when it costs like $5 for tuition?

 

[BoomerD]

Put those coins in a sock...give them to the kid to "earn" his tuition...


No, I don't mean your old gnarly pantyhose...

 

[WhiteNoise]

Community College I take it?

 

[skull]

We knew working down at the local strip joint would pay off for you, it just takes a little longer when they throw change at you instead of dollars.

 

[highland145]

Hey, now, that's $100+. That's a damned good education in 1948. Won't buy a book today though.

We knew working down at the local strip joint would pay off for you, it just takes a little longer when they throw change at you instead of dollars.

I almost got the impression they were trying to get me to get off the stage....nah, couldn't be.

No, I don't mean your old gnarly pantyhose...

Yours then?

Community College I take it?

If he messes up his scholarships, I'm sending him to the Marines.

 

[aigomorla]

100 dollars would barely cover even just the stationary required for a single quarter / semester.

I think inflation has outpaced you by a large margin if you think those bags will do anything in terms of education.

 

[highland145]

100 dollars would barely cover even just the stationary required for a single quarter / semester.

I think inflation has outpaced you by a large margin if you think those bags will do anything in terms of education.

Woah, I've just been woke-ed.

That's the right term, right?




effing sarcasm, waisting......my time. nerds.

 

[squirrel dog]

now you woke .

 

[snoopy7548]

Woah, I've just been woke-ed.

That's the right term, right?




effing sarcasm, waisting......my time. nerds.

*Wasting. Maybe you should take that change and buy a dictionary.

 

[highland145]

*Wasting. Maybe you should take that change and buy a dictionary.

Let me post that again....

effing sarcasm, waisting......my time. nerds.

 

[zinfamous]

100 dollars would barely cover even just the stationary required for a single quarter / semester.

I think inflation has outpaced you by a large margin if you think those bags will do anything in terms of education.

...if only it were inflation.

 

[highland145]

Woah, that kid's going to get an awesome ed. That's $232.22.

 

[BoomerD]

Woah, that kid's going to get an awesome ed. That's $232.22.

Sheee-ooot...that might be enuf to git him allaway to the 6th grayde...he'd be the furst in yor family too git thet far...

 

[highland145]

Sheee-ooot...that might be enuf to git him allaway to the 6th grayde...he'd be the furst in yor family too git thet far...

Liar. I walked past there all of the time to get to the principal's office.

 

[BoomerD]

Liar. I walked past there all of the time to get to the principal's office.

Wow...so you've ackchewally seen the benifets of hyer edumacashun...

 

[darkswordsman17]

We knew working down at the local strip joint would pay off for you, it just takes a little longer when they throw change at you instead of dollars.

"Home of the penny slot"

 

[Scarpozzi]

100 dollars would barely cover even just the stationary required for a single quarter / semester.

I think inflation has outpaced you by a large margin if you think those bags will do anything in terms of education.

The problem these days is that the state colleges have lost state/federal dollars....inflation and competition has driven teaching wages up (as it costs more to get a PhD to teach)...and then IT and operational costs have risen....new buildings and dorms all cost more. So that drives tuition prices up....then the departments and programs want more money and they start tacking more fees on because administration won't cover it from the main tuition allowances. I know someone who works for the state and gets a 50% tuition discount for her daughter. She said that's great, but the 50% doesn't come off the fees...so she's on the hook for a lot of money per course that her daughter enrolls in. She makes very little money, so her daughter will be taking out loans to cover the difference. When I was in school 20 years ago, I was pretty fortunate and only accrued $1300 of college debt. I can't imagine I would have been able to afford my first house had I been dealing with school loan payments.

It's pretty ridiculous when you think about how poorly expenses are mismanaged in so many places. Much of the money these schools are burning through are due to poor management decisions. I suppose it's just going to cause the younger generations to choose other routes and maybe college degrees will be less available in the coming years. It's already started when you look at all the private schools that have started folding around the country in the past 5 years.

 

[aigomorla]

You know student loans are also not forgiven on death, and follow your kin.
*sigh*

Education is brutal, especially as you climb the ladder.

 

[nakedfrog]

This thread title keeps making The Who's "1921" play in my head.