[greene66]

Same here. During summers, to pay for college, I was a laborer. I friggin’ DUG DITCHES! And deep in those ditches, tarred and wrapped the welds on a pipeline. In a swampy marsh, full of mosquitoes, in humid 110-F heat-indexes. And in college, I studied. I think I attended no more than two parties the whole time.

Students with debt? The ones voted for Obama? And whose primary political interest is in dope and fag-marriage?

[Sopater]

During summers, to pay for college, I was a laborer.

I've always told my children that to ensure that they really appreciate the value of their education, I'll see to it that they pay for it.

Feels good, doesn't it? You two have much to be proud of, and I expect that you value your education AND jobs more than most. Well done.

[SMARTY]

“DUG DITCHES! And deep in those ditches, tarred and wrapped the welds on a pipeline. In a swampy marsh, full of mosquitoes, in humid 110-F heat-indexes. And in college, I studied. I think I attended no more than two parties the whole time.”

It certainly WAS a struggle. I had no social life because at times and when it was feasible, I worked AND attended school at the same time.

I worked in a bearing factory... dark, dirty, dangerous and noisy. I was so dirty when I got home, that my mom made me undress in the basement before I came in the house.