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minus-squareDessertStorms@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou experiencing the exception to the rule doesn’t mean the rule doesn’t apply to most everyone else.
minus-squareWoodenBleachers@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not a rule though, it’s working through the degree and being smart about your choices. My parents funded none of my college except meals because I ate at home
minus-squareGingeyBook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI didn’t “experience” the exception, I worked to be the exception. I’ll be the first to admit that I did have some privilege in the fact that I lived with my parents the first 2 years. But I worked hard to maintain grades so I could maintain scholarships that covered tuition. I worked most nights during the week so that I could afford to pay for any other expense I had. Books, fees, transportation. This isn’t just a matter of experiencing this situation, I made sacrifices to make it work
You experiencing the exception to the rule doesn’t mean the rule doesn’t apply to most everyone else.
It’s not a rule though, it’s working through the degree and being smart about your choices. My parents funded none of my college except meals because I ate at home
I didn’t “experience” the exception, I worked to be the exception.
I’ll be the first to admit that I did have some privilege in the fact that I lived with my parents the first 2 years.
But I worked hard to maintain grades so I could maintain scholarships that covered tuition.
I worked most nights during the week so that I could afford to pay for any other expense I had. Books, fees, transportation.
This isn’t just a matter of experiencing this situation, I made sacrifices to make it work