The price of a degree these days...

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

If you're working for Melissa Etheridge, certainly not! I'm sure toting anti-tuna mouthwash would pay very well. If you happen to have minored in ironing flannel shirts.

Just what exactly are you saying?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Just what exactly are you saying?

Please hold your questions until the lecture is concluded.

With prices like those it explains why town is so full of American students.

[Stealhead]

All a part of a larger problem at the end of the day.I got my schooling paid for by the military while on active duty of course in my current job my degree means nothing.I suppose you have to deal with the system or find a way to work your way through.And some people do still work several jobs while going to school.If you really want something you will find a way to achieve the end goal.It does not work out for everyone exactly as they planned but nothing in life usually does. Sometimes a person can ride high on the horse and other times they get trampled under the horses hooves.

Some people are lucky and have a silver spoon in their mouth at birth they have it easier.The person that comes up the hard usually fights harder and has a better work ethic.

[Platapus]

I received my Master's degree from a government operated college. All funding is determined by congress.

Even before I graduated, I got hit up for money from the "alumni association"?

Huh? What exactly could the college spend any privately raised money on without breaking federal law??

It turned out that the college was asking me to give them money for a slush fund to pay for the "guest speakers", aka faculty beer buddies, to come to the college and give us motivational talks.

These talks were so popular that the college made attendance mandatory and we had to physically log in and out of the room... and now they expected me to pay for some retired buddy to get extra money under the table????

Uh no. So much no that if you ask me again, I will contact a federal attorney and let them know about this slush fund.

But even in my civilian education, it is more about profit for the school then it is for education. I *thought* that a private school would have higher standards than a public university. Yeah, I was wrong about that too.

My student loans for my doctorate are coming due and I will have to get a part time job teaching, just to pay off the loan.

[Jimbuna]

My daughter passed her degree earlier this week and I footed the entire bill but of course that is in the UK.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

My daughter passed her degree earlier this week and I footed the entire bill but of course that is in the UK.

And how much would that be in the UK?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

And how much would that be in the UK?

Approximately 30K over the three year term and my daughter informs me the tuition fees are treble as of this coming academic year so I suppose I got off lightly