tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600139009056434499.post548248922317359640..comments2023-10-18T00:52:23.451-07:00Comments on A brief flicker: It seems like we're running headlong into the Dark Ages.Mwangangihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09527301719815854956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600139009056434499.post-37252415834051805692007-07-30T04:39:00.000-07:002007-07-30T04:39:00.000-07:00Going back to school? I've got a suggestion for y...Going back to school? I've got a suggestion for you: Don't study in the United States! It's much more expensive. Did you know you can study in a French university for $800.00 (eight hundred dollars) per year, including national health care? So, why the hell would anyone study in the hyper skin color-aroused United States, paying ten or twenty times that much for tuition? <BR/><BR/>And, if you study in France, the French Government will pay 30% of your rent. Who's going to pay 30% of your rent in the United States?<BR/><BR/>Why do people pay twenty times as much tuition in the United States and still emerge from college monolingual?<BR/><BR/>I'm serious! If you enroll in a US college (to get access to student loans and grants), but then take those loans and grants overseas to a country where education is cheaper, then you might even be able to get educated with the tiny bit of financial aid the United States has to offer.<BR/><BR/>If you're careful, then any credits you earn overseas will apply to your degree in the United States.<BR/><BR/>For example, what if you spent a year in Brazil, earning language credits, etc. at a federal university? Since the minimum wage in Brazil is about $180 dollars per month, if you might feel rich there with three times that much to spend, or $540.00 per month, with only one mouth to feed. You can't even pay a month's rent with that money in the United States!<BR/><BR/>So, if you're looking for a way out of the rat race, that's my suggestion, based on personal experience. Get out!<BR/><BR/>I like your blog, and I've published your biographical essay and a link at the <STRONG><A HREF="http://francislholland.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Francis L. Holland Blog.</A></STRONG>Francis Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862777385923656061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600139009056434499.post-20664654187615664852007-07-29T07:40:00.000-07:002007-07-29T07:40:00.000-07:00wow. very interesting blog. good thing i am in sch...wow. very interesting blog. good thing i am in school to be a writer so they'll just assume i'm going to be a poor person for the rest of my life. lol. <BR/><BR/>but seriously, i've been saying this a lot lately, that it seems as though we're <I>speeding</I> backwards, and no one is seeming to notice. this is ridiculous...i can't even believe this is being allowed to happen. <BR/><BR/>oh, and thanks for the linkage! i'm going to have to add you...your blog is pretty awesome.Muzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388312176758739005noreply@blogger.com