Money does gorw on trees when you're 25Follow

You're missing my point. Even with spending everything I can of this loan/grant on school there will still be 2k(give or take) left over.

Edited, Fri Nov 4 14:14:48 2005 by fenderputy

Goodness, no don't spend it on relaxation. That would be wrong. No student ever needed a break.

How to spend your money is simple - Spring Break Cancun. I will gladly come along and show you the sights and best places to visit, most of which survived the hurricane. Tequila!

Semi-seriously, this is your last year of college, and your last chance to do spring break as only a college student can.

Edited, Fri Nov 4 14:27:34 2005 by fhrugby

Yes, spend it in some way that will educate you. Or pay down the student loan, which would essentially the same as spending the money directly, just belated.

[**************************** cry me a river. Yeah college kids have it real tough. Tell that to some poor single mother working two minimum wage jobs just to keep a roof over her kid's head and food on the table and couldn't afford to go to school even if the government paid for it while some middle-class schmuck walks off with a free ride because he's too lazy to earn it the hard way.

Waahh, I don't have time to go out binge drinking and ******* horny college sluts in between classes because I have to hold down a job like the rest of America. So what if you have to expend an extra 20-30 hours a week over what those people who aren't in college? That's life and it isn't always going to be a cakewalk. Put down your video game and get back to work!

Do you really think, according to your numbers, 66 hours per week divided between work and school is too much? I know people who work that much just to make ends meet and barely get by. College life is far from the roughest position to be in.[/quote]

First, you cant make a comparison to aid for students and aid for single mothers. They both get aid and it would be a far better investment for the government to give it to students. The situations are totally different and if anyone else wants to start arguing the single mother side you can GFY now.

Im sorry you lead such a dull life in college. Your number crunching doesnt include sudy hours out of class. Yeah some of us are better than others when it comes to studies and we dont need much time out of class, but others do and when you include this time into a schedule it is unreasonable to expect a student to work more than 40 hours a week with a full class schedule.

After reading your posts on the second page it appears less like you disapprove of the government giving the money, but more so that you disagree with how it is spent. I agree with that point.

Yes, Fender you can spend the money on a car if you are a commuter, but if the government chose to audit you, they would only allow the purchase of a car if your previous mode of transportation was in disrepair and you didnt opt for luxuries on the new car. Of course this is near moot because the goverment most likely wont audit you.

But middle class students should be givin a harder time, because others have made the mistatke of having children before they could afford it.

Don't pay attention to this post if you are looking for some actual thought or input.

Your all missing the real point here:
One person cannont go to Hawaii on $1000, let alone two people. Unless they swim there from the mainland, the plane tickets alone are $1k. I should know, I went there over this past summer with my wife for our honeymoon.

Make the best of both worlds. Spend that money on pilot training. You please Jacobs b/c you are "bettering yourself". You please yourself b/c you can now rent a plane and fly to Hawaii yourself for far less cheaper than commerical planes (that is assuming they make personal planes that can make a trans-pacific flight, but that's neither here nor there.)

Take care all.

You shouldn't, I'd steal your Reeboks if given the chance.

If Hawaii is your dream spot and you don't live on the West Coast, try to find a charter flight to the main island as they are usually cheaper. Depending on your travel goals you may even opt for a complete package.

As alway, Jophiel is the voice of reason.

I was making the comparison between two potential students, it was only an example to illustrate financial obligations of two different parties. Perhaps a person who had the misfortune to have a medical problem without the protection of insurance now copes to pay the resulting bills and at the same time cover living and schooling expenses.

The point here is that the average college student could afford to pay for themselves through working and/or loans should they put forth the effort to do so. The frivolous expentature of the funds freely given to students with the intent of paying for an education is a mockery to those who still barely scrape by even with assistance. If you have any reliable expendible income while recieving government grants for college, you probably don't really need them so much as it makes your life easier.


My "number crunching" was little more than a quick addition of the hours you presented. I'd say 80 hours would be a reasonable estimate of the time that should cover all your bases. 80 hours isn't all that much.

Now here's an interesting coincidence. Flipping through the channels in my den(read: the room in the basement where the oil stove is, but it has ventilation fans so I can smoke down there) over a ciggy, I stop on the Travel Chanel. "Budget Hawaii SomethingorOther". Seems like a nice place.

http://www.kauaihoneymoon.com/index.html

Edit:
BTW, at the time of airing the price was said to be $500/night.

Edited, Fri Nov 4 18:59:59 2005 by Jacobsdeception