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Originally posted by clarkgoble: You are in a country where higher education is not free or cheap. I know from a lot of those people I worked with that there is a fair amount of your country that simply does not have the money to pay for an aducation on it's own pockets. Oh bullcrap. They can do what I and many others did - get a part time job and work summers. And I did that while getting a physics degree - not exactly an easy major. I have absolutely no sympathy when someone plays the money card. None whatsoever. College is about sacrifice. So you don't have a nice car, don't get to go out clubbing everynight and have to take simple dates. You work hard and I think it made me a better person to work for college. Those who didn't typically didn't take college as seriously. Further I think I learned skills by having to manage time and money that I'd not have learned otherwise. Don't get me wrong, had I gone in the military I'd have learned a lot too. And I don't fault in the least those who do that. (I almost went ROTC myself) However I have no sympathy for those who claim that it is due to hardship. Bullcrap. |
Or they can join the army. It's a job in your country, one that has perks such as paying for education, and sometimes you also get to see other countries etc. There's nothing wrong with that, and there's nothing wrong that I can see, in doing that instead of working part time, taking loans etc. You make it sound as if it's some kind of crime or as if you're bitter because there are many who do it. Your "playing the money card" sounds like some kind of treason or something. If that's the case, why don't you do something about it, such as joining the Army?