06-09-2008, 10:30 PM
In CA, community colleges were free until Prop 13.
Even now they are still a bargain for an AA degree.
No reason a kid can't pay his own way through college and not burden the parents for it - especially when parents need to be putting money away for retirement.
But for some reason a lot of parents think otherwise. Their choice.
Those students who do it for themselves appreciate that degree and what it brings a lot more than those who have mommy and daddy take care of it.
Even now they are still a bargain for an AA degree.
No reason a kid can't pay his own way through college and not burden the parents for it - especially when parents need to be putting money away for retirement.
But for some reason a lot of parents think otherwise. Their choice.
Those students who do it for themselves appreciate that degree and what it brings a lot more than those who have mommy and daddy take care of it.