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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP listen to people who have kids in college now. The "I walked 5 miles in the snow without shoe stories are a bit dated." Things have changed. It's hard for kids to get jobs especially if the college location is rural and he/she doesn't receive financial aid/work study. Our kids gets mostly all A's. If the grades weren't there that would be another thing.[/quote]

On-campus jobs are an option and they typically work around your child's schedule. And if the area your child goes to school in is so rural, then they don't need money for recreational stuff, because there's nowhere to go anyway, right? [/quote]

Just how do you know on-campus jobs are an option? They are for kids on work-study/financial aid.

And it's so rural that they only eat bark, bugs and snails from the pond. On weekends they use slingshots for small animals like squirrels and then roast them over a campfire. The people there wear clothing made out of cardboard and plastic shopping bags so no need to purchase any clothing. Instead of using shampoo and soap everyone just rinses off in the lake and rolls in pine needles to dry off. They give each other haircuts with gardening shears they borrow from the grounds department. And once a week the college projects movies on the side of physical plant building so there's no need to ever go to a movie. And why participate in healthy activities like skiing and snowboarding when you can just slide down a hill on a cafeteria tray.

Did you belong to the hair shirt club when you were in college? Sounds like it. [/quote]

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