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leveymg

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1. That brings back memories from a spell in the early '80s

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 03:05 PM

Dec 2015

when I was stranded at one of the most expensive private colleges in America. Three part-time jobs, maxed out on my financial aid and student loans. Slept in a lounge for a while, and snuck into dining halls. Luckily I was a desk guard so I could get into dorms, otherwise I'd have been eating pizza crusts out of trash cans on the street.

Not fun.

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Hungry, Homeless and in College [View all] KamaAina Dec 2015 OP

That brings back memories from a spell in the early '80s leveymg Dec 2015 #1

A far cry from free college in California on the 60s newfie11 Dec 2015 #2

College in California today is a far cry from free college in California in the 60s KamaAina Dec 2015 #3

It's pathetic when one can go to Germany from America with free college newfie11 Dec 2015 #7

Even though Tennessee is a red state, Sissyk Dec 2015 #4

Homeless students who have been kicked out or are living in shelters pnwmom Dec 2015 #5

In the early 70s, one of my fellow students camped in some nearby woods LiberalEsto Dec 2015 #6