Santa didn't get me a Canon 5d : /

[thierry]

6 hours? Look at some Asian working. It's kinda crazy, they work for so less and for so long.

Well it is a good thing we are talking about America.

Why do you capitalists give this line? it's the same every single time:

"I am a college student attending [insert prestigious school here] studying to become [insert high paying profession here] I works 40 hours a week [insert some menial job which does not require a college degree and cannot possibly pay tuition]. I pay [all my expenses, including rent] and pay for tuition in cash. I am 100% debt free (that one is essential for some reason), and I do not receive grants or scholarships. blah blah blah."

It's complete baloney. You'd have to be making $15/hour and living in a $350/month apartment to make this work, or be going to school for 8 years to get a measly bachelor's degree.

Oh. and trust me, need-only based private scholarships are pretty much non-existant. Maybe if you payed attention in HS you wouldn't have to flip as many burgers now.

Lol Okay. You got me. I do nothing but sit behind a computer all day. Never graduated highschool. Never attended college. I collect welfare. Sorry guys. Have a great day.

 

[thierry]

Its not working hard and studying I have a problem with... its the rising cost and degrading quality of education but that's an entirely different discussion.

It's not possible when in-state tuition is $19k/year, even at $15/hour - an outrageous pay rate - this would be 65% of yearly income. With food, shelter, transportation and communications it's just not possible. With 40 hours/week going to work would leave maybe 30/week left for school.

MAYBE if it was part time.

Let me correct my prior statement. Purdue University North Central. I do not go to the Lafayette Campus. I pay just over 10k a year for tuition and books. I make $9 an hour. And I also have the option to receive overtime at time and a half if I am available for more then 40 hours a week.

 

[unpopular]

But that is just the thing, this myth talks about "paying rent" and taking jobs off campus. But really, I'm still just not seeing it. You had no scholarships, no federal financial aid, were paying today's tuition rates and working full time?

Let me correct my prior statement. Purdue University North Central. I do not go to the Lafayette Campus. I pay just over 10k a year for tuition and books. I make $9 an hour. And I also have the option to receive overtime at time and a half if I am available for more then 40 hours a week.

Sorry, that makes even less sense to me. After you're done, you'd have $583/month to pay for rent, transportation and communications.

 

[thierry]

But that is just the thing, this myth talks about "paying rent" and taking jobs off campus. But really, I'm still just not seeing it. You had no scholarships, no federal financial aid, were paying today's tuition rates and working full time?

Yes, I work full time and go to school full time (12 credit hours, 4 classes). I bring home about 550 every two weeks from the restaraunt.Other sources of income include: I buy and sell on ebay also and buy, build, and sell websites (A slow process for me due to time that is available). I also do anywhere from $100-$300 in photographic work a month whenever I can. I get by dude, I also get a nice chunk of my tuition back in taxes as well. Lol and I make average about $10-$14/ Day with Google Adsense. However, somedays I will make less than $5, it all depends.

 

[unpopular]

*sigh* I suppose.

sorry dude. i guess i just got political on you.

However, my situation is pretty different than yours, and we pretty much need the loans and scholarshops to get my wife through school and with grades good enough for law school with a decent academic scholarship.

At any rate, it was super rude of my to insist on you divulging you personal finances like that. Like *super rude*. I feel really bad about it. I really should have taken your word for it.

But also know that not everyone is in your position, people have families or disabilities and other situations that prevent them from working 40+ hours while going to school full time.

 

[o hey tyler]

Wasn't this thread about the OP's Wix website?

 

[unpopular]

yeah. i ruined it.

 

[thereyougo!3]

I don't want to appear cynical but the thread title bears no relation to the actual subject of the thread. This makes it look to me like simply a means of driving traffic to a website with a donate button.

 

[thierry]

*sigh* I suppose.

sorry dude. i guess i just got political on you.

However, my situation is pretty different than yours, and we pretty much need the loans and scholarshops to get my wife through school and with grades good enough for law school with a decent academic scholarship.

At any rate, it was super rude of my to insist on you divulging you personal finances like that. Like *super rude*. I feel really bad about it. I really should have taken your word for it.

But also know that not everyone is in your position, people have families or disabilities and other situations that prevent them from working 40+ hours while going to school full time.

Oh dude, I completely respect your situation and anyone else who may be in that situation. I am fortunate to be in good health and able to work full time. Having a family (If even just a wife) is a whole different scenairo which throws a lot more of my respect your way for getting your wife through college. Law School, phew, I could never handle that in a million years. Kudos to her!

 

[unpopular]

Perhaps what is even more poignant is that our family is on full pell and a good portion of what we live on are student loans, and even I wouldn't go asking for money like this.

I have no problem with it, really - but I'm not going to donate either.

 

[thierry]

Perhaps what is even more poignant is that our family is on full pell and a good portion of what we live on are student loans, and even I wouldn't go asking for money like this.

I have no problem with it, really - but I'm not going to donate either.

Perfectly said

 

[JBaca]

Just like what Thierry is doing is what I'm about to get my self into going to school full time while working fulltime and paying bills and also married(no kids) people like this inspire me. If its true or not I'm no one to judge but I know it can be done and I'm about to start this upcoming semester. Good luck Thierry

 

[MLeeK]

Oiy, vey. WOW. And here I go stepping in again... I hate to burst your bubble, unpopular but YES, it can be done. My husband has done it consistently for the last 5 semesters AND made the DEANS list. Full time PLUS-seeing how we how the business. AND full time student. Yes, it can be done. He has an awesome support system and does NOTHING around the house for us, but his homework is done, done correctly and thoroughly and he is present in every class. It's totally possible.

As for the professionalism of having a donate button-if it is not a PROFESSIONAL site yet? It really doesn't matter. However if you are using it to advertise for your services for hire? yeah, it's kind of unprofessional and really tacky.

 

[unpopular]

ok, leek, fine. just keep that @$$ stamp coming my way. lol.

with all fairness, it was implied that he was paying way more and making a bit less. i can assure you that if he was attending Purdue's main campus in Lafayette, as I initially assumed (and yes, I admit that I assumed this) he couldn't make that happen on $9/hour.

 

[RebeccaAPhotography]

I am a college student working towards my bachelors in Construction Engineering at Purdue University. I work 40 hours a week flipping burgers. I pay rent, bills, gas, cellphone, and pay for my college tuition in cash every semester including books. I am 100% debt free, I do not receive grants or scholarships. I live on pennies. I would never put a DONATE button on my website.

bull sh!t! you cannot work 8 hours/day *and* attend school and get grades worth having. Maybe if you were taking one class/semester or something. But honestly, I think this is total BS.

I gotta say its not BS only bc I did it for about 3 yrs then decided to change my major and stopped school. It is possible, I was working 40 hours a week at a family owned gas station and went to school at night or early morning classes. BUT I did only take 3 or 4 classes and no sciences with labs. But it possible and I had a 3.8 gpa