hear, hear. and if the kid knows he's going to have to pay for his education, he'll be sure he's studying what he needs to know to work in the field he wants to work in. and the best education is the one sought by the student, not the one forced on him to keep him off the streets.
I thought it would be more efficient to ignore the shift key, but I guess it has to be learned. I spent more time overcoming the impulse to shift than I would have just shifting.
Naaa..it just builds HUGE student loans which will put the kid deep in the hole before he even graduates. I worked 6 days a week throughout my college years. I won scholarships, also. I never earned enough to pay for tuition+books+fees, which have exploded at many times the rate of inflation. Schools have also learned that by requiring a few more credit hours here and there, they can keep someone in school an extra semester or two to collect even more tuition and fees. I calculated that to "work my way through college" without acquiring student loans I would have had to make at least $29.00 and hour working that 6 day work week.
Back when tuition+books+fees were reasonable, working one's way through college was a common and expected thing, and rightly so. But the expenses are far too high nowadays.