Starving students

[Justin Kurosaki]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25851896/

So what are they teaching kids in college these days? There is little reason a healthy 18 to 22 year old student shouldn't be able to afford food. How about ditching the cell phone or apartment life before you depend on the charity of others (or guvment handouts).


PS. Ramen is only up 3% in the past 15 years. That's 3 cents.

 

[brianhoberg]

Jesus, I remember back in college when I chose to spend more money on the tequila than the food. Guess priorities change.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

How about ditching the cell phone or apartment life before you depend on the charity of others (or guvment handouts).

Exactly! Since when are cell-phones on the same priority list as food and shelter?

[PeterGriffin] These kids today and their music... [/PeterGriffin]

 

[R_Lefebvre]

Most of my friends graduated with $10,'s of thousands in debts. I graduated with no debt, a paid off Mustang and money in the bank.

I just lived at home and didn't spend $100 on booze every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.

I have no sympathy.

 

[flyfisher11]

Sell plasma every Friday then use the money for cheap beer!

 

[DiscoJen]

Hell I even tried to sell semen once when I was in college to help pay the bills. It really didn't work out for me.

 

[Ed Cheung]

I guess I was a lucky one, my parents paid for the school and rent, and I worked part-time in a photo shop during the weekdays and in restaurant, and missed all Christmas, new years eve party, etc as restaurant are really busy during those days. Good money, at lease 300 bucks a week, enough to get me cover, of course the 2 big bills are paid by my parents, but I don't take any money from them during the summer as I got more time to work.
Most of my classes were evening classes, so 95% of the folks in the class work full time and study almost full time, that had an influence on me. Makes me willing to work to make my own money while I was still studying.

 

[jwest]

Hell I even tried to sell semen once when I was in college to help pay the bills. It really didn't work out for me.

confused - you are female right? maybe you are referring to a business model rather than personal function

 

[asmith996]

confused - you are female right? maybe you are referring to a business model rather than personal function

Well, I guess it is possible.....the morning after and what not......mental image is on the disgusting side though. :ack:

 

[super-poser]

Hell I even tried to sell semen once when I was in college to help pay the bills. It really didn't work out for me.

I had trouble giving it away!!!!!!! Charles

 

[jwest]

clearly not a very well organized collection process - however I suppose there's still the issue with finding a buyer.

title "sperm bank broker" - "connecting people in need with good genes"

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

Well, I guess it is possible.....the morning after and what not......

I doubt that..........................................................................

 

[Justin Kurosaki]

Hell I even tried to sell semen once when I was in college to help pay the bills. It really didn't work out for me.

Hey I knew some women back in college that could probably out sell the average man.

 

[Ray Wallace]

I agree with most of you-- food and tuition and related college fees come first-- ditch the cell phones, etc. and quit complaining. In the real world you sometimes HAVE to prioritize!-- you don't really have a right to have it all until you EARN it.

 

[az_max]

Hell I even tried to sell semen once when I was in college to help pay the bills. It really didn't work out for me.

:rofl: :rofl:

 

[wturner]

I came away with 60 large in debt and had a HELL of a time doing it. All guvment, NO credit cards, never have, never will. I somehow managed not to work a day my last 3 or 4 semesters (except for the 3.5 month internship that led to the job I have now...that helped a lot) and have dirt poor white trash parents, so NO they didn't pay my way. Never once went hungry or sober. I wouldn't change it for the world. There is no reason to sacrifice living so you can prance around telling me you came out of college with no debt. You live that boring in college, then you grow up and have to live boring for the rest of your life. When will I have another chance to party like hell 4 nights a week, week after week?

 

[Blue]

Qualifying for aid at community food banks is usually easy. Most of the charities just require users to show identification proving they live in the area.

You know what happens when you start feeding pigeons? Pretty soon you're overrun by ugly, worthless birds shitting all over the place, making noise, roosting in and destroying your property, spreading disease, etc.

 

[ptschram]

Bah, my parents paid tuition and room and board for the first coupla years, then I got a job in my field of endeavor and my parents only paid tuition.

I got out of school with a business plan and little personal debt.

Somehow, college students seem to have forgotten the end goal is to get a job and start earning. There is nothing wrong with getting a head start by getting a job in your field, or an allied field-talk about a head start!

 

[rmuller]

Quote from article

"A lot of students can't call their mom every day to ask for that extra fifty dollars," said Capleton, 24. "They're on their own."

That's the problem, they think you need $50/day to live... In college you can eat for $3-5/day and save up your money to spend that $7 on the case of Milwaukee's Best Light, Natural Light or Meisterbreu...

Luckily for me in college, I had a food plan that provided me with 3 meals a day at the cafeteria or food court there.. so I was quickly able to get that $7 for the case of beer

 

[brianhoberg]

I think I may go back to school to get a Masters in 16th Century Bulgarian Poetry. Then, I can rack up $80k in tuition and live in my parents garage taking the mass transit to my job as a "Coffee Barista" making $8.50/hr to pay off said debts Beats the crap out of working this full-time IT Project Management job surrounded by cubicles