Back in the 70s I could work in the summer and afford tuition/books I had a part time minimum wage job during the school year. I could pay my rent and even go out for beers once in awhile. I was definitely living on the cheap with roommates but at that age it was fine. I screwed around for awhile at the community college, finally got an AA degree. I decided it was time I had to focus on school, not work while attending. I saved up some money and got some government aid like the Pell Grant. My last year I borrowed $6k to finish my last year. I probably could have avoided that, but I took my last summer off to have fun. The costs now are huge and frankly the payoff career wise isn’t really there. If that’s your focus. I think an education has all sorts of value but for myself I was looking to have a good paying career. Fortunately I actually like engineering, though my goal was financial. The being said, engineering classes mostly sucked. I was a straight C student in math, but did better once I got past that. But compared to the shit jobs I’d had my work life was a dream. I personally think everyone should have a shit job for awhile so they can appreciate it when they have a decent job
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