10-03-2009, 08:21 PM
Tell your friend to check out community schools and public Technical Centers or colleges. Here in Florida, we offer the same subjects, our graduates take the same licensing or certification exams, and in some cases cost as little as 1/10th of what the private schools are charging!
Some kids often just don't know the value of the money and how long it can take to pay it back. I was teaching a small course to students who needed it in order to get so they could submit an application to get into an RN program -- A father had driven his daughter and stayed and waited to pick her up as they lived a county north of here. After the short orientation, he came in to ask a few questions. When he discussed her getting a state grant for the first 2 years she had just completed (then changed her mind) but he hoped she could get into the community college for the nursing program, and he new there was a waiting list, etc.....She spoke up and said that if she did not get in she would go to Nova and that's where she wanted to go anyway. Nova is a private, elite university that charges about $26,000 a year, vs the $2,600 average annual fees at the other school. When I pointed out this expense variance, she just shrugged her shoulders. You should have seen Dad's face. He was unaware of the variance in cost.
Anyway, it is an idea -- hopefully they offer these types of options where your friend lives.
Judy
Some kids often just don't know the value of the money and how long it can take to pay it back. I was teaching a small course to students who needed it in order to get so they could submit an application to get into an RN program -- A father had driven his daughter and stayed and waited to pick her up as they lived a county north of here. After the short orientation, he came in to ask a few questions. When he discussed her getting a state grant for the first 2 years she had just completed (then changed her mind) but he hoped she could get into the community college for the nursing program, and he new there was a waiting list, etc.....She spoke up and said that if she did not get in she would go to Nova and that's where she wanted to go anyway. Nova is a private, elite university that charges about $26,000 a year, vs the $2,600 average annual fees at the other school. When I pointed out this expense variance, she just shrugged her shoulders. You should have seen Dad's face. He was unaware of the variance in cost.
Anyway, it is an idea -- hopefully they offer these types of options where your friend lives.
Judy
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