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[Edward Tabor]

I had to pay for most of my own college 4 years part time community 
college (AARN degree) and 3 years U of MD (BSN degree) and 3 months 
classes for CNRN cert. and so on.  The only thing I did not pay for was 
books and that was only because mom n dad insisted on paying for them. 
 I got a Congressional scholarship for the first year of college 
(500.00/semester).  I worked my tail off and on those weeks where ends 
did not quite meet, I borrowed money but paid it back on weeks when ends 
did meet.  
Is it good to have parents pay for school?  It depends on the family. 
 (PS., our family has been in the gutter, financially, a period where 
dad was changing careers, he went from being a Service Station owner to 
an OTR truck driver.  At that time I was a teenager (12 or so), and I 
remember almost losing the farm to our creditors.  I remember the gov't 
surplus food truck pulling up and us getting gov't cheese, peanut butter 
and other foods . We went from that to actually doing well, thanks to my 
father's hard work.  When I went to school I did not want to spend his 
hard earned money.  Honest Indian.)

Ed

ShaMcCarty at aol.com wrote:

>What a tight wad I would hate to be your kid!
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>In a message dated 7/20/2004 8:51:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>matthewx at dogod.com writes:
>I am not picking on your kid, but really, I don't think you are doing anybody
>any favors paying for school.
>
>--Matthew
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