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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you're a troll, but I'l answer why I probably won't go back to work even though I might not even be able to pay for tuition at a state school.

I have applied to many, many jobs, and I can't get any that will work with a flexible-ish schedule that would actually make a decent amount of money. I am being picky, I know, but I would like medical and maybe 60K. The only thing I can think of that would get me some marketable skills are going back to school (which would require money upfront) or doing something very low-paying in the hopes that it would eventually lead to something more. I'm not sure I'd be better off doing that than I would be focusing on saving money at home.

Right now, I like being able to do all my home tasks while the kids are at school so we can all just chill on the weekends, and I like spending after-school time with my kids since they are going to be gone so soon. At this point I'm not going to get a job that wouldn't let me do those things so they can go to a more expensive school. That is just my choice.

Also, some people don't realize just how expensive college has become. They think that the way to afford college is pretty much the same as what it was when they went, and that every single person complaining about student loans is just an idiot who went to a college that can change lives for a degree in gender studies.[/quote]

Going to an expensive private college is not worth it for 80% of people.  Just attend in state college.  If my parents saved 300k for me for college, I would ask them to give me 200k of that for a down payment on a first house.  Forget paying 50-70k a year for college, that is BS.[/quote]

Totally agree. It always amazes me how parents are sending their kids to college far away to study most of the time for degrees like sociology, biology or so that could easily be finished in the nearest town for 80% less. I am an immigrant who went to community college, then in-state college while working around the clock and paid cash for each semester. I was debt free and got a job that pays me 100K annually. I had no help from my parents whatsoever.[/quote]

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