I remember when I went to college, I had had a job since I was in the 8th grade at the Salmon River Inn. I started out bussing tables, then I got the waitress job. I worked 3 nights a week until 9. I would get out of school at 3 and go to my job. I was 16. I did that for two years. I also worked part time at the local radio station.
I don
't even remember what the pay scale was. I remember most all of my paychecks went into a savings account. I had saved $2,000 by the time I graduated. That got me into the U of I. Years later when I have a daughter and she wants to go to the University of Virginia, I tell her "go for it. We'll figure out how to pay for it." Her dad and I took out a $20,000 loan for a one of her years there. She took out some and was awarded many scholarships. She too had a job in high school and managed to save to help pay her way. Her cost: 10 times that of my college. That was 11 years ago. I can't imagine what it would take now. We just paid off the 20K loan and that was because her Dad got a windfall on an investment.
I don't know the answer, but it's on my mind with the news that the rate for government-subsidized Stafford loans will jump July 1. Apparently it's on many people's mind as the President himself was
"Slow Jammin the news" with Jimmy Fallon on the issue.
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