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hunter

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5. Sigh. I have a university degree and I never took out any loans.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 04:50 PM

Aug 2017

It wasn't because my parents were wealthy.

No tuition, fees occasionally waived, I sometimes got grants (not loans) for books, and my rent for crappy off-campus student housing was $85 a month.

My crazy grandma gave me a stipend of $100 a month because I was the first kid in her family to go to university.

I could also get work loading and unloading trucks, but that's how I flunked Organic Chemistry the first time. I liked loading and unloading trucks more than I liked Organic Chemistry and I'd missed too many classes to pass the final exam. (Organic Chemistry was my only Tuesday/Thursday class.)

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Rhode Island just made community college free [View all] workinclasszero Aug 2017 OP

Only 46 more states to go. I hope it's contagious. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #1

It would be great workinclasszero Aug 2017 #2

don't hold your breath. barbtries Aug 2017 #3

Do they purposely want to keep the poor uneducated? BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #4

yes, they do barbtries Aug 2017 #7

True. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #6

Sigh. I have a university degree and I never took out any loans. hunter Aug 2017 #5