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At eighteen I went away to college. [...] I had saved enough from a summer's work to pay the fees of the first term, I guess college wasn't that expensive back
by merraksh 9y ago
At eighteen I went away to college. [...] I had saved enough from a summer's work to pay the fees of the first term,
I guess college wasn't that expensive back then (or summer jobs were paying a lot).
- quadrangle 9y agoYour guess is right (the first part mostly).
- johnminter 9y agoThat was true of state universities as late as the mid 1970s when I attended. It was the rise of easy credit for guaranteed loans that permitted the current runaway inflation in costs. College costs have grown faster than health care.