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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was raised in foster care and got my education ( BS and MS) from my state flagship.  I worked a number of jobs through college.  I also got some aid.  I specifically chose a state university because it was the most affordable.

Now, I am in a responsible job and am paying full freight for my kid.

Why do low income kids think they should get aid to attend an expensive private school?  This was not even in my thought process when I was trying to get through school.  Why isn’t the state school good enough?  It was for me and many of my friends.

My kid got accepted to a private college.  Nice but no aid for $60,000 per year.  Yet the school doles out all these first gen scholarships and me tori g programs and other URM programs out the wazoo.  We are going to turn down the private college.  It’s too costly for us. [/quote]

What is an irresponsible job?

You know, when I was a young lass, we didn’t have treatment for tuberculosis or polio. Isn’t it so unfair that there’s treatment for those conditions now?[/quote]

Stupid analogy [/quote]

I think the bigger point is, [b]people who really got nowhere financially [/b]are rewarded by the schools, whereas people who did claw their way into a very moderate amount of success or just financial security are essentially excluded.

It’s popular now for “privilege” to be the explanation of the difference between 100k and 200k- failure is sanctified while success however modest is inherently exploitative. But in reality there are other variables that drive these outcomes than unearned privilege. [b]Like working your ass off [/b]and saving [/quote]

Do you hear yourself?

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I sure do. And I know some people are lazy and unfocused and like to spend money and some people are disciplined and hard working and frugal. I know this because I am a human being with eyes and a brain [/quote]

How much did your child save for college? [/quote]

My child? Nothing. Me? I could pay for all of my kids to go to college for all four years tomorrow [/quote]

So your kid is no more frugal than the low-income student. [/quote]

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