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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Dude, thanks for making my point for me. Of course if you're somewhere between middle class and rich going to school is easy as pie. You really think for the family making a combined income of $50,000/year that its going to be as easy for them to send their kids to school? Take out loans you say? Well those only take half of most people's adult lives to pay back.
I guess congrats on having a free ride through school. Some of us weren't that lucky, and had to work pretty ####ing hard and make some sacrifices to get it done. The fact that your sample of 7 people shows they all had an easy time getting through this means you have a poor sample size, not that that's the way it can be for most people.
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So the whole system is supposed to change because of the outliers who have it harder then some? There are a lot of ways for those in the lower class to access school
Sure not everyone is dealt equal hands but to say that getting an education in Calgary (let alone quebec where it's cheaper) is hard is quite the stretch by any standard. Also, I don't see how student loans could possibly take you that long to pay off. This isn't the US where school can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. You're either taking something which has pretty dismal job prospects (which is your own fault and you get zero sympathy from me and is also caused by the fact that education is too accessible) or you haven't actually finished school yet and don't realize that making monthly payments like that once you're working full time isn't nearly as difficult as you think it is if you stick to a budget.
Also, I don't get what your problem is with my sample size. It doesn't matter how rich your parents are if they aren't helping you pay for school. I'll refer back to my girlfriend's student career. She gets $0 from her parents. ZERO. They don't buy her books, they don't pay for her tuition, they didn't buy her a computer or a car and they don't pay for her gas. All she gets from them is a roof over her head and food when she is home to eat it. There is no difference between her and someone whose parents make sub 50K but provide food and shelter. Sure there are people who don't even get that, but like I said, you can't revamp the entire system for the outliers.