“My parents saved nothing for me or any of us to go to college on and I, frankly, don’t forgive them for that,”
Ford paid for my father’s ME Degree, after he had been an employee for ten years.
His response was “Get a job, and if the company wants you to get a degree, they will PAY FOR IT!” That was a philosophy from a different era.
Instead, I went to the Air Force, then worked sometimes three jobs to get through a private college, and graduated in 1989 with a grand total of $2,500 in student loans.
Going AF first, THEN doing college is probably why I graduated, to begin with. Had I gone to college without it, I likely would have dropped out after a year, I just didn’t have the discipline.
well I went to college and law school both in 5 years, then joined the JAG Corps. I did have loans, but only about 5K worth and they are paid off. I starved through college, working at restaurants and stores, eating popcorn and pasta, but I made it. Am I “grateful” for the experience? No.