[Eska]

We have two kids in school, spending a little over 3K/month ten months a year; this fall will be the 4th year at it. We fight it, drive old trucks, no vacations, and no new toys because both the wife and I are afraid the kids won't have it as easy as we had it, no joke. We don't want them in any debt what so ever. I personally remember friends of mine paying what amounted to an extra house payment until they were 35 for their student loans.

The kids tell me almost every kid at school has their loans maxed out. Something don't seem right in our Country? Good thing was this year our daughter got an RA slot and also $400/semester Pell Grant, first time either of my kids got a penny.

[max americana]

“The kids tell me almost every kid at school has their loans maxed out.”

Same here with my classmates from the same major, or their parents bailed them out. I still know after 5 years from graduation, some of them still owed tens of thousands. But nothing ever beat my “real world” education from those after college jobs. I learned more about accounting from the escort service madam that I worked for than I did from my classroom professor.