Would you have had kids if you couldn't
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| Wed, 09-03-2003 - 3:31pm |
I guess I'm still astounded at the attitude that surfaced at another thread implying that if they couldn't pay for college, they wouldn't have had children. Of course, I'm a lazy, selfish mom at home who isn't working while some of my kids are in school so maybe my opinion doesn't count. Maybe I SHOULD take up scrapbooking to make my existence more worthwhile! lol
In any case, it is an interesting question considering that, under that reasoning, Oprah Winfrey shouldn't have been born. Give me time and I can come up with a whole list of highly successful and respected people who have impacted us in positive ways that wouldn't have been born had their parents decided that because they couldn't pay for college, they wouldn't have children.
How has the college issue influenced your decision to have children, if at all? Do you think it is an important criteria in the decision?
Cindy

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Edited 9/6/2003 10:19:30 AM ET by texigan
The difference is how CA admits students. They guarantee a certain % of the top students entry into UC schools, so they are highly competitive. Particularly Berkeley and UCLA.
It's also the law of numbers. More students are attending college, so it's harder to get in. Now, I got into a good school in 1988. But there weren't as many students applying back then as they were now. I'm sure I'd still get in now, but in the interest of "diversity", schools really like to let in the poor folk like me (or like I was).
After the first job, the school you went to has less of an effect on your success...how you've proven yourself "on the job" is much more important.
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