12-16-2021, 05:23 PM
Making parents pay or pay loans is not free education, but is 'debt-free' education (except the parents debt? What?)
Students are adults that should pay their own way- jobs through college, finding scholarships, working for a college to get tuition, finding cheaper schools, or taking loans on their own and repaying on their own. Parents used to pay for college more often, but not all. My family paid $0 and I didn't expect them to. I was an adult, I paid my own way.
I like the idea of 'free' college for all... but I wonder if that would devalue the college degree even more. A high school diploma used to be enough to get a good job that could support a stay home spouse/kids. Now a college BA/BS is hardly enough. Also, nothing is 'free.' Either the government funds education, the students pay for tuition, the parents take loans or pay cash for tuition, or someone foots the bill. No such thing as truly free.
Students are adults that should pay their own way- jobs through college, finding scholarships, working for a college to get tuition, finding cheaper schools, or taking loans on their own and repaying on their own. Parents used to pay for college more often, but not all. My family paid $0 and I didn't expect them to. I was an adult, I paid my own way.
I like the idea of 'free' college for all... but I wonder if that would devalue the college degree even more. A high school diploma used to be enough to get a good job that could support a stay home spouse/kids. Now a college BA/BS is hardly enough. Also, nothing is 'free.' Either the government funds education, the students pay for tuition, the parents take loans or pay cash for tuition, or someone foots the bill. No such thing as truly free.
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