tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528964420180861331.post9125636042109164983..comments2023-06-21T09:43:18.571-05:00Comments on The Grass Widow's Diary: Son, There's a Place for Everything, and it's called CollegeTarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472104751888958606noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528964420180861331.post-41001202394734428632010-09-03T13:08:40.596-05:002010-09-03T13:08:40.596-05:00I have mixed feelings on this. My parents always s...I have mixed feelings on this. My parents always said they would pay "in state undergrad tuition" toward whatever college I chose. I got into Northwestern, and they said I could go, but set a limit on what they'd pay for. My only complaint (and really, they paid for everything, so that makes me a big whiner) is that when I chose to go to the University of Wisconsin, they then said I could not major in history if they were paying for my tuition. In retrospect, I guess I could have just walked away from the money. I would have liked the chance to major it what I wanted to major in, but at the same time, I was not paying with my own money. Things in life are never free, and so I "sold out" my major to get tuition paid by my parents. I'm quite grateful to not have student loans (from Northwestern or elsewhere), but I still think it would have been nice to feel as though I could have chosen the major I wanted. Good luck figuring all of this out...I'm happy to be years away from it, too!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933444348029061497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528964420180861331.post-15392295189677478232010-09-02T21:49:37.097-05:002010-09-02T21:49:37.097-05:00I agree with you.
That's all I can say.
I wa...I agree with you.<br /><br />That's all I can say.<br /><br />I was a grad school snob and it did me NO GOOD WHATSOEVER CAREER WISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Elizabeth Channelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694334658055229350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528964420180861331.post-79162835961389605192010-09-01T09:50:45.722-05:002010-09-01T09:50:45.722-05:00Definitely would love to!
I have another story t...Definitely would love to! <br /><br />I have another story that has inspired me - happened to my next-door neighbor at work (when I actually use the office they have provided me, and not my dining room table). Her son (brilliant, great kid) received a full academic scholarship to UT and a partial to Rice. He's always been a math and science guy, so his parents said they were glad to pay for Rice. Then, the Spring of senior year, he starting waffling: maybe he wanted to do liberal arts instead. His parents said "great! please go to UT where that will be free for you." He chose Rice and bio-engineering instead, and now in his 2nd year is happy as can be. His parents didn't order him around, but they helped guide his choices in the same way I want to with my boys. Good stuff.Tarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472104751888958606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528964420180861331.post-73154374756143779112010-09-01T09:28:47.504-05:002010-09-01T09:28:47.504-05:00(I do not accept that you were ever an 'idiot&...(I do not accept that you were ever an 'idiot'.) <br /><br />The only reason there is room on that particular soapbox is because I stepped aside for you. *wink* <br /><br />Our oldest is in college and the younger is a senior in HS. We were/are perfectly willing to make distinctions in what we will pay for. *!!!!* <br /><br />I would *love* to talk 'college' with you sometime....no plans to get to your town right now but, as you said, you have a lot of time to think about it. <br /><br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com