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Originally Posted by Fong
I don't understand how you can say that going to work and going to college at the same time isn't a barrier.
Now matter the pleasent terms of, virtually any, normal, very doable, you want to couch it in, you are talking about holding down a job, and studying for a degree at the same time.
And you act like this isn't a barrier?
Now I am not suggesting it cannot be overcome. That isn't the point. The point is, it is a barrier.
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Someone getting their ass off the couch and attending classes could be considered a barrier.
I worked in high school and I worked when I went to college and did not find it to be a barrier in either case. Neither the government or even my family, which could have afforded it, donated a single dime to my college education and I never even considered it. It simply wasn't needed nor did work interfere with my college education.
Okay, had I not been working I could have done a lot more partying while in college but I managed to get in enough partying anyway so that was not an issue. And no, I didn't get to go to Florida on Spring Break either because I was working instead but I don't consider funding someone so that the can go to Florida for a party as being necessary for a college education.
As I noted before, I believe that someone who works their way through college gets a better education than, for example, a rich kid that uses their free time for binge drinking and doing drugs.