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I don't get it, either. My siblings and I were legally adults, so why were our parents responsible for anything? We got loans, worked jobs, and were responsible
by jkestner 12y ago
I don't get it, either. My siblings and I were legally adults, so why were our parents responsible for anything? We got loans, worked jobs, and were responsible to no one else for bad grades or extra semesters.
The other responses say, "Because it's expected." That doesn't answer the question. Have attitudes shifted? As education's become more expensive, I wouldn't be surprised if colleges have marketed the idea that good parents pay for their adult child's education, in order to make sure that they have business as they jack up prices.
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- consz 12y agoIf your goal is to help your child get the best outcome they can get from college, its way more beneficial to have them focus on doing well in school and having the time to network as well as possible (especially in a school like Stanford) than trying to make them work what's likely a shitty job while they're in school to help pay for their tuition.
- jkestner 12y agoI think the goal is to help my child get the best outcome from life. Even though I think college today is a bad deal, I'm not going to go full Thiel - I agree with you that networking is the critical function of college, and there's exposure to a variety of fields. I think college is at its best as a petri dish for serendipity. You shouldn't have to settle for shitty jobs in school, and focus on schoolwork is overrated. I honed graphic design, salesmanship, and web design skills from the three I had. The last actually was a distraction from school, but then "web" became a paying job for me when it wasn't in the school curriculum. The constraint of needing to work created a bunch of opportunities.