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Throckmorton

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6. IN 1979 I started attending a two year state run technical college in Waterbury CT

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 11:03 AM

Sep 2014

A tri-mester at this school cost me $219.00 for 17 credits, and all my books for the year cost under $200.00. An entire year there cost me about $850.00. My son started at the successor to this school last week, his Mathematics text alone cost $248.00, all of his books came to $1079.00, and a Semester's tuition is $2285. We have been informed to expect another $550 to $700 worth of books for the second semester. I consider myself lucky that we will only pay about 7 times more for his education than I did in 1979 and 1980.

I weep for our future.

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