[television is just wrong]

I worked my way through college, babysitting, cleaning homes, mowing lawns, jobs on campus, etc. One loan, 200.00 when I went one semester part time, they wanted payment in full.

[BRK]

I worked my way through college, babysitting, cleaning homes, mowing lawns, jobs on campus, etc. One loan, 200.00 when I went one semester part time, they wanted payment in full.

Good for you! I also worked my way through as a co-op student plus I cleaned offices, moved furniture and pumped gas. I did not actually know that you could borrow money for college until years later after I graduated. I relied solely on whatever they told me at the Financial Aid office on campus. The student loans I was granted by "financial aid" were a total of $1500 and I paid them off many years ago.

[MacMattico]

How would a student babysit and mow enough lawns today to pay the $50,000 plus in tuition and fees per year at many of our countries so-called institutions of higher learning? And I'm not just talking Ivies, I'm talking many B level or even lower schools.

Nobody would need such huge loans if tuition in this country hadn't risen 234% on average in the last 20 years.

1992— tuition and fees at my school: $20,000 2011 - $52,000!