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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this isn't a troll, I am depressed.[/quote] +1. This is such an ungenerous, hard-ass approach I can't relate to it all. I graduated with $18k in student loans in the late 90s, and worked every summer before that and did work-study all throughout college. I was expected to contribute significantly both to fill in the affordability gap and to have plenty of skin in the game to increase my accountability. But that was on top of what my parents were contributing, which was still a lot and all they could afford. That seems to me a much more reasonable compromise than expecting your 13 year old to understand adult concepts of loans, income, and tuition, then punishing him at 17 for not listening earlier. Way too harsh. And even the one child who seems to have been able to navigate this total lack of parental guidance or generosity or support is probably drowning in student loans. Sad.[/quote]
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