Starving college students worry about where there next "smoothie" will come from.
Posted on 11/24/2017 11:55:31 AM PST by Az Joe
Never met a college student who wasn’t hungry! Only so many calories in a cup of ramen noodles and most have far more important things to spend their limited funds on than quality food.
Swive ‘em!I DESPISE COLLAGE PUKES! DIE!
Starving college students worry about where there next "smoothie" will come from.
When my 1st hubby and I set up our 1st hooch, we had both recently graduated-I was a junior case worker at MHMR, he was in the AF with 2 stripes, and we had a kid-when money was in short supply about mid-month, we’d go to the park on one of the creeks just outside town with a couple of crab traps and bits of leftover chicken for bait-we nearly always were able to bring home around 20 good-sized crawfish for a couple meals.
Cry me a river. I attended a state school, lived in the dorm and was on the M-F meal plan. On Saturday, I ate a can of spaghetti-os. On Sunday, I walked (no car) to the chicken place for a snack pack of one thigh, fries and roll and got a drink out of the coke machine. I took 21/hrs each semester so was able to graduate in 3 years so my parents didn't have to fork over a 4th year of tuition. A little scholarship covered books if I shopped very carefully and bought used books. There was usually one text I had to check out of the library so made good use of it when I was able to get it. And worked part time for spending money and still had plenty of time for band and stage band, other school activities and hanging out. I thought I was doing great.
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I graduated at 20. Took 21/hrs each semester and went summers to graduate in three years to save my parents that 4th year of tuition.
Then they should not be spending all their money on college.
JoMa
Colleges are catching on. Some of them require a certain number of hours over four years. Due to AP classes credits, two of my kids came into college with enough hours to start as sophomores, but they still had to go four years.
It was good for them because they were able to take more classes in their majors and some other classes that were actually useful or interesting.
It was bad for them and us because it was more loans.
“Have they ever thought of getting a part-time job, especially in food service?”
In my first year at college, I scored the dream job - working Friday-Sunday nights at the main college bar as a bartender. Made great money (mostly tips), and got to meet all the girls.
Needless to say, I kept that job through to graduation.
Was an avid hunter. College fare was a lot of Elk, Bear, Vinson, duck, pheasant or anything else that walked, crawled, or flew. Also liked to salmon fish, so that was a part of the diet. At least in the mid 60s, could get along with what I killed or caught and 2 hours a night for 5 days a week at $1.25 an hour sweeping floors for the University.
Graduated in 4 years and didn’t owe anyone a single penny.
That’s because we rightwingers are smart. We know the value of money unlike leftards who think they are entitled to everything. God knows how many times I went for those DOLLAR meals at McD’s & BK, and my meals whenever I waiter or bartend, they just gave it to us for free..and those were the leftovers. And whenever my GF’s would start bitching I did “not” give them attention, I replace them. Time is money. The books I look at Craigslist. Today’s students are effing weak and I only graduated from university the last 10 years.
I read the headline and instinctively smiled.
Is something wrong with me? Should I have not done that?
That’s what I did, except I started out in the business world, then went to college as I could. Made all the way to junior, at which point a piece of paper on the wall would have been of no financial benefit. So I didn’t cost my Dad a dime and had no student loans to repay.
Not great writing, not terrible. Her uncle Isaac was a much better writer.
Many of them are in state schools and community colleges. More and more students are older or have families. Some live in expensive areas where it takes most of what they make to pay rent.
I work on the campus of a Big 10 school in a relatively inexpensive Midwestern location. We still have students who need food help and a couple of years ago, one of the student organizations set up a food pantry. Our food pantry includes things like toothpaste and sanitary supplies - things you can’t get with food stamps.
We have so much food in this country, and so much is wasted, I have no problem with donation programs for those who need food help. With a good education (and I don’t mean gender studies), most of these people won’t need assistance again and hopefully, will have the income to be charitable to others.
Then they should get a job
Peanut butter and crackers
Cereal
In rural areas like the one I live in, little has changed in 40+ years-60-70% of the HS graduates join the military right out of school-only changes are that now there are almost as many young women as young men joining, and far more graduates have been either homeschooled or were in a private Christian school than are public school grads-all of them have done real work for real money know how to hunt and live off grid if they must-it is no place for snowflakes...
Small ranchers and other small business owners are working class/blue collar families-far from rich-the military makes sense because of the educational benefits-after college graduation, the kids decide to either go to work in the private sector, or make the military their career-they have a useful degree, real work experience and little or no college debt.
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