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Put Grad School Within My Grasp
Washington Post ^ | July 25, 2006 | Sui Lang Panoke

Posted on 07/26/2006 7:51:01 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy

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To: Bubba_Leroy

STUDENT LOANS.


41 posted on 07/26/2006 8:29:04 PM PDT by dodger
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To: SteveMcKing
Do parents not understand that the reward of having a child is.... your child. That's the benefit over earning a degree without having a child.

I see lots of haggard, graying PhDs with very young families. They got what they wanted first. The youngest of my 3 sons turned 18 a few days before my 49th birthday. The middle son graduates from college this Saturday. The oldest son is 26 and still living at home. At least he's still living after 4 open heart surgeries, 2 artificial valves and a pacemaker. He gets up and goes to work 5 days a week.

42 posted on 07/26/2006 8:30:21 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: ladyjane

You are absolutely correct. I'm finishing my Master's degree right now. I got a stipend of about $21,000 a year and my tuition, fees, and student health insurance paid. Plus I got scholarships and loans. I don't know what this chick is talking about.


43 posted on 07/26/2006 8:33:28 PM PDT by Brandi in AZ
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To: Wolfhound777
Lol. It's so typical of these collectivists. God help us as they continue to pollute government in this Republic.

Don't worry I'm getting my Masters in Public Affairs w/ a concentration in Public Admin just to stop little socialist just like her.

44 posted on 07/26/2006 8:34:47 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta ("Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience")
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To: Talking_Mouse
My company has the same reimbursement policy. Many of my co-workers have pursued a master's on the company dime. I sometimes regret not finishing my master's, but frankly my line of work is so leading edge that only the elite bookstores and technical journals can keep me current. The pay difference wouldn't be very significant.
45 posted on 07/26/2006 8:34:59 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Wolfhound777
Yeah, doesn't she realize that most people with graduate degrees go out and work for 5-10 years before going back for their graduate degree? I'm guessing that would be the solution for her. But maybe that's too obvious.

Of course, from all her comments about entitlement, I suspect she doesn't know how to budget and her inability to pay the bills is due to her wanting to live some extravagant lifestyle.

46 posted on 07/26/2006 8:37:16 PM PDT by Kaylee Frye
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Is it our fault that she is a single mother who can't afford to raise kids AND go to graduate school?

Maybe she shouldnt have had a fatherless child. Her choices put her where she is.


47 posted on 07/26/2006 8:37:38 PM PDT by Dustin Hawkins (Indicting ham sandwhiches since 2002)
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To: decal

Hmmm...daughter of a welfare queen?


48 posted on 07/26/2006 8:40:23 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Dustin Hawkins
"Maybe she shouldn't have had a fatherless child. Her choices put her where she is."

I used to deliver auto parts to garages.

Most of them had this sign posted somewhere on the property:

"Poor Planning On Your Part Does Not Constitute An Emergency On My Part"
49 posted on 07/26/2006 8:43:44 PM PDT by decal (Different Tagline Tomorrow!)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Quit internet search. Needless to say she is involved with the "Yound Democrats of America" And her is a picture of her (top right) with Demo Senator Akaka.
50 posted on 07/26/2006 8:44:04 PM PDT by Dustin Hawkins (Indicting ham sandwhiches since 2002)
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To: Old Professer
While the argument is fundamentally flawed, the writing was coherent and the grammar acceptable; however Bush has squandered Clinton's surplus and there is really no money left to administer

I think you forgot the "sarcasm" tag on that portion of your post. Show me where the Federal debt was zero during the Clinton years. Running a three or four year transitory surplus of billions while you owe TRILLIONS means there was nothing to squander.

The wench in the article should do what I did to get through grad school. I got a grad assistantship (working 20 hours per week in a bio lab) and worked 20-30 hours per week as a Teamster, busting my hump unloading trucks.

Yes, I really come from an upper-class background, but decided it would be more fun to live in a state of perpetual exhaustion for three years and do permanent long-term injury to several vertebrae, rather than have my filthy-rich family pay for my education.(/sarc)

I notice she does not list an email address in the article. She would not like the replies she would get.

51 posted on 07/26/2006 8:53:40 PM PDT by Panzerfaust
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To: ClearCase_guy

She can't make the payments on the Volvo.


52 posted on 07/26/2006 9:05:01 PM PDT by steve8714 (Michael Fox would suck your baby dry to cure Parkinson's)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

If she were willing to delay graduate school for four years, her daughter would be in school all day, and she could do her classes and some part time work then. She would only have childcare expenses for a few hours after school. That is supposing she doesn't decide to have another child in that time frame without the benefit of marriage.


53 posted on 07/26/2006 9:06:20 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: ican'tbelieveit
Oh, and I forgot to add that our oldest son got a full scholarship to undergraduate school, but decided he wanted to go to Law School. He got loans during those three years, and starts his first job at a law firm in Boston in September, to start paying them off.

Our second son got partial grants for his first two years in college, and loans for the rest of it. He finished with a double major in 3 1/2 years, then was concerned about paying for Grad school. SirKit laughed and said you DON'T pay for Grad School; you get grants for that. He's in a 6 yr. PhD program in Computer Science, and DID get a grant for all six years. So when he finishes that program, he'll start paying off his undergraduate loans.

We are very out of the mainstream when it comes to college expenses. WE don't pay for our kids' college; we already paid for private schools, or homeschooled the younger two for the high school years. When it comes to college, they can get loans. We help them with day to day expenses, and put it on the family tab. We've given them a cap of $10,000 each for 'gifts' while in college. This way they don't have to work and expend that mental energy away from their education. The rest is on their dime. We believe that they will pay more attention to their studies if THEY are paying for it.

We told them a long time ago that we'll not put ourselves in poverty while in retirement just so they can go to college. Besides, we paid for our own college (at least SirKit did; my Mama worked at the Univ., so I was able to go tuition-free, and lived at home). He did Grad School on a grant and got a Masters and Phd, while I worked to help pay the rent, maintenance on the car, etc. and put a little in the bank. We had our first baby in his last year of Grad school, so that helped winnow down that savings. But we planned for that.

54 posted on 07/26/2006 9:19:16 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Oh, get out the violin. My son got his bachelor's degree in Mathematics (that he paid for himself, since he was too lazy in high school to qualify for a scholarship, desipite his high SAT scores), who then went into the Peace Corps for a couple of years, and now is going to Grad school basically free of charge (teaching undergraduate math in exchange for free tuition). It can be done, but you have to make the choice - and as a 'single-parent' the author has already made their choice - now they have to deal with the consequences of it.


55 posted on 07/26/2006 9:24:02 PM PDT by BreitbartSentMe (Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

"Sha da da dah.sha da da dah ; yip,yip,yip, yip -GET A JOB!".


56 posted on 07/26/2006 9:53:29 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

"We are failing to redistribute the wealth in America"

I MISSED THE MEMO ON THAT ONE!


57 posted on 07/26/2006 10:14:56 PM PDT by rightwinggoth
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To: Bubba_Leroy

What a pantsload. I am currently in two graduate programs (GWU and GMU), neither of which I am paying for. Previous graduate programs include GMU, EMU, and MSU. My employers paid for those, too.


58 posted on 07/26/2006 10:20:28 PM PDT by patton (LGOPs = head toward the noise, kill anyone not dressed like you.)
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To: Dustin Hawkins; bourbon

Thank you from the Mom of a daughter, with family,
who will be in the hole to the tune of 120K + by the
end of her ride in 2007.

BUT, that's not THE end.
She will spend another year specializing.

OH!
She has the highest GPA in her class.
But, very few monies are available to her.

What a hoot.


"(Indicting ham sandwhiches since 2002)"


Nice to see another young conservative barrister here.
I'd like you to meet bourbon.
He's brilliant.
No pressure, though...;o)

BTW, that's "sammiches". lol


59 posted on 07/26/2006 11:13:44 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: Old Professer

Bush has squandered Clinton's surplus and there is really no money left to administer,


I don't agree with you at all on this. Plus why should we give money for education. Maybe she should join the military and earn a degree while supporting her country. There are plenty of opportunities out there without just handing her money.


60 posted on 07/26/2006 11:22:37 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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