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Originally Posted by epitome
I know kids who bust their asses in college and then take on three summer jobs so they have enough to live for the year. Students not doing that aren't taking their education seriously. How hard is it to lifeguard, work at Hollister and cut grass when its the only things you have to do for a few months?
Those same kids will take that work ethic into their careers and succeed while the others that borrowed their living expenses will sit on Facebook at their $40k a year job bitching about work.
Survival of the fittest.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it can't be done. Hell, a friend of mine got out of the Marine Corp and was married with a young child. He worked a full time job during the day and went to school full time at night to get his degree. He was worn out and it wasn't easy, but he did it.
Many kids do just as you say. They come home and work through temp agencies or wherever to save as much money as they can for the school year and they will be rewarded with less student loans, real work experience, a solid work ethic and the respect of their friends and family etc.
But there are a lot of factors that can come into play. Take for example a friend of mine's son who just started college this fall compared to another friend of mine's daughter who will be a junior this year. She is majoring in history with a minor in education. Her class load is big, but not so intense that she couldn't get a part time job. He is studying chemical engineering. Just the classes and labs he has are 50+ hours per week. He could still get a part time job, but if he had the choice of working and being constantly tired which could cause him problems with his grades or taking out a few hundred a month extra in student loans so he had some extra money to live on and he was free to focus on school, I don't see a problem with that. He could still come home and get a job on summer vacation, but he likely will not make enough to last him the full school year and this just gives him another option. I'm not saying that a student should be allowed to borrow an extra $3K per month, that is crazy, but some extra cash to help them get by isn't a terrible thing. After all, you are only young once. If you have the chance you might as well enjoy it. You have the rest of your life to work your ass off.