[SeekAndFind]

My dad made it dead simple for me... I had to go to whatever school he chose to pay for. If I wanted something else, I would have to pay for it myself. However, he also made me understand that student loans were not a "free ride" like so many students seem to think they are.

I gather you took his advise and are the better for it financially today ?

[pnh102]

I gather you took his advise and are the better for it financially today ?

I did... Although I did take out loans to pay for graduate school, I owed a lot less than many of my peers and paid off my debt a lot sooner than most. Even when I paid down the debt it was a very minor expense most of the time and not really terribly stressful at all.

My dad is no longer with us, as his own life was cut short, but I try to thank him every day for doing everything he could to teach me so much.