You’re sending her to Gburg? Wow, you must be rich. The history program really is good there and the opportunities to immerse herself in the 19th century are limitless in that area. It’s a thrilling place for a historian to be, not only because of the battlefield park but because within a 90 minute drive there are resources of immense depth: the other battlefield parks, historic houses, history libraries, the Smithsonian, the National Trust, researchers, writers, you name it. And in a town like Gettysburg she is far less likely to have problems with personal safety than if she were going to a city university.
Um...does she have any idea how she can earn a living with a degree in history? Because while studying history is huge fun—done it myself—scores of my friends studied history in college and only one of them is kind of using his degree (he’s working as a park ranger at a national battlefield park).
It wasn't her first choice. I'd have wanted her closer by, but they made the offer and we grabbed it.
It's truly terrifying, the cost of a college education. It's even worse considering that without scholarships middle-class students are at the mercy of the Federalized student loan racket. Who, ultimately I wonder, is going to collect? Can you duck the IRS in bankruptcy?
Indentured servitude looms.