[Magdalen] Tuition

[Marion Thompson]

Clarissa, I am reminded of the fellow who said, If it weren't for bad luck,
I'd have no luck at all.'  I wish I could wave a wand and make it all
better for you, but  at least I can listen.  My heart goes out to you.

Marion a pilgrim

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:10 PM Clarissa Canning <canplum at gmail.com> wrote:

>     I am one of those failures in life like someone said .    I remember we
> got to colleges in Michigan on Grants plus scholarship.  I always had ok
> grades but anxiety and depression followed me around and failed me more .
> When moving to Canada I found distance learning and got my  Bth .  what
> good it did me is ???   Living in one salary most of time keeps us in debt
> . I  paid for that Ed .  Then got stupider when trying to become more
> independent and got sucked by recruiters disappointed by church people who
> are selfish .  Went back to school backasswards for an ass. Degree I can’t
> pay off ever ! The only good thing is to remember the millions of other
> stupid people who do the same.  the credits don’t transfer to Canada my
> spouse was sure our new life would be in that state .  The we lost it all .
> The world  and church want people with lots of letters by their names .
> Wow it’s fun watching people fix up their homes .  Thank god for rectories
> but the less you make the more taxes they take no break evens.  Small towns
> are now only catering to wealthy seniors for apts or condos .  But after
> Covid would rather not go to city .   I just needed to rant out the pain .
>    Maybe Good get us through in mysterious ways .  Heaven will be a relief
> .  I just go on for my kids.  My daughter gets it she a poor artist and
> does not know how she going to pay off her loans either .   working at
> beating this bad mood and pretend it is all good .  Thanks for listening .
>   Through God all things are possible .
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 1:15 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Mike, I remember saving money at Michigan State by forgoing the dorm's
> meal
> > plan and subsisting on mac & cheese, generic chicken franks, and PB&J as
> > well. I think I gradually added trips to fast-food joints, so not as much
> > was saved as I had planned on.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 12:50 PM Mahoney, W. Michael <
> wmmah at stoneledge.net
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My tuition at the University of Chicago in the mid-fifties was $300 a
> > > quarter.  The University decided first whether to admit you and then
> > helped
> > > you finance it with loans and jobs.  I think that the Bursar knew every
> > > college student by their first name.
> > >
> > > Even so, I lived on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Kraft
> dinner.
> > >
> > > Kids can't do that these days, alas.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Mahoney
> > > Stoneledge
> > > 446 Long Mountain Road
> > > Washington, VA 22747
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 9:08 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm feeling really old to hear my neighbors discuss the cost of
> sending
> > > > their kids tocollege.  For example, the neighbor boy who attends the
> > > Notre
> > > > Dame branch locally(Kings, Wilkes-Barre) is paying $20,000 per year..
> > > > State colleges for residentsare a bit less, but still hefty.  If
> memory
> > > > serves me, my freshman year at UW-Madison for my resident status
> was$89
> > > per
> > > > semester ('55 - '56)..  By the time I got my bachelor's degree four
> > years
> > > > later, thecost had increased to $225 oer semester.  Room and board
> for
> > a
> > > > year in theWisconsin dormitories was $680 in 1955 - 1956 and $850  my
> > > > undergraduate senior year.  Then UW Medical School was $1,200 per
> > > senester,
> > > > but it fell to $600 medical schoolsenior year semester because they
> > paid
> > > us
> > > > for drawing all the bloods at UW Medical Center.  I had a good summer
> > job
> > > > with the Wisconsin Highway Department, and paid for mostof the
> expense
> > of
> > > > tuition plus room and board.  I had no student debt.  This is all
> > ancient
> > > > history.  These current kids will have all this expense and NO
> > > > FOOTBALL.  David Strang.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>