Re: Summer hols


"JPinNY" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:gu7e89$dj6$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 10 May 2009 11:20:37 -0400, JPinNY wrote:

... Child Benefit for every child and paid directly to the mother, unless the father was a single parent. I used to spend mine
in Top Shop and Thresher's.

Meany. The Child Benefit we get goes into it's own account which is only drawn upon to pay for things like piano lessons and
school trips away. The latter would be a real struggle to fund in the time scale the schools demand, we don't want them to miss
out of the experiences of going away and we get a week of relative peace. B-) If one, other or both go to university it will be
used to help for that as well, though we haven't quite worked out how to divvy up what is currently a joint fund in a fair
manner. It may mean that they will be able to go through university and not come out the other end with a £15,000 (at current
prices) "student loan". What a way to start your working life, £15,000 in debt...


I drew it out every few months to buy the kids' Startrites. I wish I'd known I was coming to the States. My daughter doesn't have
a Student Loan because in 2003, when she started, we weren't permanent residents and couldn't apply. They would offer us a
secured loan against our house though, which her dad and I pay down.

£15K is a bit less than in the States the more well-known universities charge upwards of $30K (Harvard is $33K) a year for a
four-year bachelor's degree. Other academic fees and lodgings are extra. State colleges are more like the UK and, with State and
Federal subsidy, charge residents between $5k and $10k annually for tuition, and then a couple of grand in fees and living
expenses.... Then there's the books...and the transport costs...

Jp

Same here. Students get a lone. Some get a (stipend) skolarship. They all end up with debt in the end. It's not a good way to build
up a land.

Edith


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