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Originally Posted by Sliver
For me, that's an extra $40k multiplied by two kids to equal $80k and that's if they both wrap it up in four years. I did my degree in four, but most of my slacker friends took five. If even one of my kids takes an extra year that's $90k.
Still a waste of money IMO. That's literally a down payment each...there is no point in flushing that much money down the toilet when you can do a gap year and get paid to live away from home if you want.
Plus have you met those rez kids? They're weird af. I don't want to end up with a Fuzz and surferguy.
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Sure, there are cheaper ways to do things, and I can't deny that. But, post-secondary is about a lot more than just the academic aspect. Having a somewhat structured, somewhat familiar (because it's still school despite some obvious differences) for young adults first foray out on their own is not the worst thing.
And, whether you care to admit it or not, kids living at home going to UofC are not getting the same experience as kids living in rez, or elsewhere from their parents. It's a commuter school, and those kids are missing out on a whole other element of that experience.