Re: Long division algorithm

From: ms bob (msbob_at_hotmail.com-edy)
Date: 12/28/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 21:21:26 -0500

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 06:04:55 GMT, "Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@iahu.ca>
wrote:

>Everyone is entitled to an education, not just those willing to be $50K in
>debt to go into the workplace and earn $28K a year... [or whatever the
>situation].

Everyone is entitled to the *opportunity* of an education, whether you
choose to do what is necessary to achieve that it up to you. Had you
worked harder in high school you could of expected at least partial
entrance scholarships and bursaries, had you had enough tack not to
get publicly fired from Cloakware you might of had a very nice income
from work you could of continued while enrolled and during the
summers, and if you are confident enough that you really could
complete a undergraduate degree programme and get a job afterwards
then the debt equal to a very nice car wouldn't scare you. Assuming
you met the current admissions requirements you are free to enter any
university in Canada. There are strings attached, including the
tuition and your usual living expenses, but as the main benefactor of
an university education is it not reasonable to contribute somewhat
(domestic tuition is about 1/3 of actual total cost per student)
towards the expenses?

Compared to the USA you can get a top notch education in Canada cheap.
I mean doing an undergraduate Math or CS degree at Waterloo compared
to MIT does not make you 2nd rate, yet the tuition (and living
expenses) cost is a fraction of what it would cost to travel to Boston
and attend MIT.

You should not look at the debt load from your current incoming level,
but what from the point of view of what you will likely be making
after you graduate. It is also much less if you pay towards your loans
or cover your living expenses by working while a student. Sure the
first couple of years will be tough, but with the education and work
experience you can rapidly increase your salary compared to the slower
salary advances of less education and directly entering into the
working world.

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