From the editor: You can help fund your university education
Mar 17, 2009
Funding university education can be complicated. There are less privileged children who know that they have to strive on their own to finance their studies.
Funding university education can be complicated. There are less privileged children who know that they have to strive on their own to finance their studies.
There are also those whose parents feel that a child without a degree is doomed, so they try against all odds to pay for them. They brought them to the world after all — they should not abandon them. Then there are those who do it out of their ego — they can afford it, so they pay.
The first category often gives the child a sense of responsibility, knowing that he is paying for his degree. This could give him the drive to succeed, as he would not want his money to go to waste, as opposed to the children in the last category. However, those in the middle category often feel they are hitting a dead end, by the end of three or more years.
There is need for a compromise, especially where money is the biggest concern. If parents are capable of paying tuition, then perhaps, the child could find jobs to pay for his upkeep and books. If the child is bright enough to qualify for a scholarship, that could also ease the financial load.
It is about a balance of what one can do to help the other. Learning how to compromise can contribute greatly in making the decision on who will pay for university a lot easier.
There are also those whose parents feel that a child without a degree is doomed, so they try against all odds to pay for them. They brought them to the world after all — they should not abandon them. Then there are those who do it out of their ego — they can afford it, so they pay.
The first category often gives the child a sense of responsibility, knowing that he is paying for his degree. This could give him the drive to succeed, as he would not want his money to go to waste, as opposed to the children in the last category. However, those in the middle category often feel they are hitting a dead end, by the end of three or more years.
There is need for a compromise, especially where money is the biggest concern. If parents are capable of paying tuition, then perhaps, the child could find jobs to pay for his upkeep and books. If the child is bright enough to qualify for a scholarship, that could also ease the financial load.
It is about a balance of what one can do to help the other. Learning how to compromise can contribute greatly in making the decision on who will pay for university a lot easier.