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Somewhat related - when I was in college (2000-2004) a number of my peers applied for and received Food Stamps. We were attending a school that ran about $40,00
by Fezzik 9y ago
Somewhat related - when I was in college (2000-2004) a number of my peers applied for and received Food Stamps. We were attending a school that ran about $40,000/yr for room/board/all the necessaries. Very few of them came from familes other than middle/upper-middle/upper class families, but they felt bad asking their parents for even more assistance with school related costs, since most parents were already shelling out for tuition, rent, and other expenses. And since the Food Stamps were accessible, why not apply? The university food generally made every one sick anyway, and the food plans were stupid expensive compared to shopping at Walmart and other low-cost groceries.
It is disgusting how hobbled students are by crushing financial obligations related to, when it comes down to it, the passing on of knowledge from one generation to the next.
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- perfmode 9y ago> It is disgusting how hobbled students are by crushing financial obligations related to, when it comes down to it, the passing on of knowledge from one generation to the next. When you frame it in these terms, it's really quite troubling. Our generation actually _needs_ future generations to accept the knowledge or it effectively disappears.
- forapurpose 9y ago> Our generation actually _needs_ future generations to accept the knowledge or it effectively disappears. Also consider that prior generations built these universities for us, a major advance for society. What have we built to advance the education of the next generation?
- gramstrong 9y agoHmm, if the parents were paying tuition, rent and other expenses, how could they have possibly qualified for food stamps as dependents?
- Fezzik 9y agoFood Stamps are based on your actual income, so if parents are writing checks directly to the university there is no real way for the State to check this.