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I didn't have to work during college because my parents paid for all of it, but looking back I wish they hadn't.

by Qz 16y ago

chopsueyar 16y ago
Explain, please?
- Qz 16y ago
  I think there are a lot of life skills you can acquire by working in college that you don't get if someone gives you a free ride -- or at least that's how it appears to me when comparing myself to friends who had/have to work during college.
  - chopsueyar 16y ago
    Did you ever work while in highschool?
    - Qz 16y ago
      That's a tricky one -- I went to what you can call a 'therapeutic boarding school', so I ended up doing a lot of work in high school (manual labor, cooking, event planning, tutoring, peer counseling, etc.) but I never had to go out and get a job.
mdwrigh2 16y ago
I know you probably aren't actually trying to blame them for it, but I think its unfair to even state it like that. I'm in college now, with my parents paying for everything necessary, and I started a paid internship the year before university started, and then worked part time for them through the year, and full time again during the next summer. Finally this past summer, I moved to a research position at the university, and still do some freelance work for the company I was interning/part-timing at. Now on top of a full load of classes, a research position (where the professor has never worked with an undergraduate, so I've been told I'll be treated like a PhD student - and so far it definitely feels like it), freelance work for a company (possibly another, we'll see), I'm still trying to find the time to get a company rolling with some friends of mine. And my parents still pay for everything necessary for schooling (books, tuition, housing, car, food, etc.). All it means to me is I can take the lower paying jobs that are better experience. For instance, I was offered a few jobs this summer, but I took the research position, even though it paid the worst because it looked interesting, challenging, and would help me eventually get to the grad school I want to be at. This has been a bit long winded, but my point being, just because your parents pay, doesn't mean you have to sit back and do nothing.
- Qz 16y ago
  You're right, and I was aware of that when I posted, but even with that I still think that everyone would be better off paying for at least part of their tuition themselves.

I didn't have to work during college because my parents paid for all of it, but looking back I wish they hadn't.

by Qz 16y ago

I didn't have to work during college because my parents paid for all of it, but looking back I wish they hadn't.

chopsueyar 16y ago

Explain, please?

Qz 16y ago
I think there are a lot of life skills you can acquire by working in college that you don't get if someone gives you a free ride -- or at least that's how it appears to me when comparing myself to friends who had/have to work during college.
- chopsueyar 16y ago
  Did you ever work while in highschool?
  - Qz 16y ago
    That's a tricky one -- I went to what you can call a 'therapeutic boarding school', so I ended up doing a lot of work in high school (manual labor, cooking, event planning, tutoring, peer counseling, etc.) but I never had to go out and get a job.

mdwrigh2 16y ago

I know you probably aren't actually trying to blame them for it, but I think its unfair to even state it like that. I'm in college now, with my parents paying for everything necessary, and I started a paid internship the year before university started, and then worked part time for them through the year, and full time again during the next summer. Finally this past summer, I moved to a research position at the university, and still do some freelance work for the company I was interning/part-timing at. Now on top of a full load of classes, a research position (where the professor has never worked with an undergraduate, so I've been told I'll be treated like a PhD student - and so far it definitely feels like it), freelance work for a company (possibly another, we'll see), I'm still trying to find the time to get a company rolling with some friends of mine. And my parents still pay for everything necessary for schooling (books, tuition, housing, car, food, etc.). All it means to me is I can take the lower paying jobs that are better experience. For instance, I was offered a few jobs this summer, but I took the research position, even though it paid the worst because it looked interesting, challenging, and would help me eventually get to the grad school I want to be at. This has been a bit long winded, but my point being, just because your parents pay, doesn't mean you have to sit back and do nothing.

Qz 16y ago
You're right, and I was aware of that when I posted, but even with that I still think that everyone would be better off paying for at least part of their tuition themselves.