From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Fri May 24 2002 - 14:31:39 MDT
On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 13:06, Dossy wrote:
> I recently read a statistic that in the past year, parents from
> low income families paid 25% (!!!) of their income to send their
> kids to college.
>
> Appalling.
>
> I have no idea what all of your opinions of what "small portion"
> is, but 25% of your income isn't "small" no matter how much or
> how little you make.
Nobody is forcing low income families to support their children in
college, so this figure at any level is meaningless beyond demonstrating
the personal values of some individuals.
In fact, I don't understand what is "appalling" about anybody
voluntarily paying for their children's college education. Many
children from both high and low income families have to work their way
through college, so it is clearly a personal choice on the part of the
parents in question and hardly necessary by any means.
So what is so negative about this statistic? I view it as a POSITIVE
statistic, indicating that many low income parents see a great deal of
value in promoting the education of their children.
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com
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