Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Hi Sonny, > > In the late 1940s, I knew of no such things as student loans. With a > little help from my parents, I entered college and then used the simple > musical skills I learned in our high school band to work my way into the > local college dance band and a smaller group that played Saturday nights in > a night spot. The earnings weren't great, but they enabled me to get > through four years and finish with an engineering degree. > > I concluded that, though I enjoyed the music business, I would pursue > engineering as a career to make a living. > I went to a state school in the early 60's and typical room, board, books and tuition for a year was under $900. I did four years without debt. My eldest son went to the same school I did, graduated four years ago, and thanks to scholarships, debt was just south of $10K Eric has a full tuition scholarship at a private university, one of two bassists that year to get music scholarships. After being very frugal, loan debt will be in the neighborhood of $40K -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA