Posted on 12/18/2016 11:27:48 AM PST by CorporateStepsister
18 years old = adulthood. The parent has no obligation.
Yes! Kids need to put some ‘skin in the game’ and invest in their own future. If they know they’re going to have to pony up, maybe they’ll think more seriously about whether or not they NEED to go to college, and if they do, what it is they want to study that will allow them to be self-sufficient in the future.
Drop the “almost” and I am in agreement with you.
“Had I apprenticed instead of going to college I rather imagine I would be a much more prosperous now than I am.”
Much of my sustenance has come from imputed income. I grew up on the farm, went into the Navy and studied electronics and after trying several things wound up doing electromechanical repairs on printing equipment and after ten years started my own business. At this point I am “retired” but I do my own carpentry, electrical, plumbing etc, tomorrow I am installing the new dishwasher my wife and I bought today. If I had to pay someone else to do all the things I have done for myself I would be on welfare by now! Hurricane Matthew blew down a bunch of trees for us and we have been compensated by our insurance company but rather than hire someone to clean up I bought a new larger chain saw to go with my old one and borrowed a splitter from my neighbor, I gave him some wood for use of his splitter and am now selling firewood rather than paying out all my insurance money to a tree service. If I were a little younger I would probably start a tree service myself.
The great thing is that imputed income is still nontaxable.
Not here, her tuition was less than 7K and she had 6K saved from working through her first 4 years.
Her undergrad tuition was paid by scholarships.
If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family (nation). - attributed to the Ghanaian scholar Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir-Aggrey
I actually don’t think it is a waste of money for a woman to get a college education and then become a stay at home mom. ... but it depends on what the degree is in. If a woman is only going to college because she doesn’t know what to do after high school or to look for a husband, then ... not so much.
I also firmly believe that everyone should have some practical skills of the non-college variety, and some basic life skills like simple car repair, sewing, woodworking, gardening, etc. It’s amazing how many college grads don’t know how to change a tire or sew on a button, much less how to weld, solder, operate basic hand tools or power tools.
Yes. They are adults.
Regardless of who pays for college the price should be the same. Successful people don’t deserve to be penalized.
Once a child reaches 18 the onus should be on progressives, homowood, demrats, and other classes of sniveling liberals.
In our state, and maybe in all of them, a special ed student is incorporated with all other students, but he/she is given special consideration on their grades. Therefore, an otherwise “F” student can be in one of our school’s top ten for academics...conceivably even be valedictorian.
Also, they are not permitted to fail the state graduation exam, so they are given their diploma whether they pass those tests or not. And even though the state is going to a new graduation exam, the automatic passing of the special ed student is a given. That won’t change. (Oddly, though, the actual score of the student counts against his/her teacher, but not against the school district or the state. This whole thing is so odd.)
My whole point is that this is PUBLIC education that is decreed by law to be paid for entirely by the state. Student’s do not have tuition fees.
I’m positive that if “free college (tax payer paid college)” becomes the norm that these rules will continue into college.
We’ll have special ed “degrees” and special ed “grades” and eventually all levels of PhDs and other doctoral level degrees given on the basis of political correctness and not on the basis of achievement.
Dentist anyone???
Rent: $0
Tuition: Approximately $1,500/semester ( in my state). At the closest state university the tuition is about twice that.
Working one’s way through college is entirely possible. People do it all the time and graduate from respected colleges with degrees leading to good jobs.
They removed the “Home and Family Living” courses from Jr High and High Schools. Basic life skills like balancing a checkbook, making a budget, meal planning... to running a household were taught...but that was “sexist” ya know.
They need to bring that back - for both boys and girls. Forget about Core whatever.
All kids need to know basic skills before they graduate.
If I were in charge, before receiving a HS diploma, every kid (both sexes) would know how to balance a checkbook, fill out a tax form (!), budget, cook a basic meal, shop for affordable and nutritious food, change a tire, change a diaper, change a light bulb, pay bills, swim (barring disability), use basic tools, apply for a job, read a map, and a host of other practical skills.
Amen to that if you can get them to unplug their iphone or ipod.
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