USA TODAY COLLEGE
OCTOBER 4TH, 2010
I’m twenty years old, but I’ve never paid my own rent. I’ve never had to support myself from paychecks I’ve earned through my own blood, toil, tears and sweat. So, if I can’t find a job after college, I might have to move back to my parent’s house –another victim of the much-discussed “prolonged adolescence.”
And I’m not alone among my peers attending prestigious academic institutions. Because that $50,000 per year bill is just too steep to earn over the course of the year, we are dependent on our parents to pay for our tuition, room and board. Even with generous financial aid, the $3,000 or so I could earn in a summer of scooping ice cream and the $3,000 I make on-campus would barely make a dent in my total bill. So my peers and I don’t even bother trying – mom and dad pay the whole bill.
What this means is that we aren’t supporting ourselves. Past generations – in addition to attending class – worked two jobs, scrimped and saved, and ate canned beans for dinner every night in order to pay the rent.
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