Selling your house to pay for your kid's fancy private education is a bold move, Cotton. I definitely wouldn't do that.
I do value education in and of itself. I hope my kids can be as erudite as @denlillaapan one day, and I'm willing to pay for it, somewhat, though not to the extent of selling my house.
But if their only reason for going to college is to make money, I'd caution against that. That would really depend on their major choice, personality, and intended plan. There are other ways to money that may or may not be better suited to their personality.
I think those are becoming increasingly rare. In our town, USC is famous for granting free tuition to the children of all employees (including low level staff employees). I don't know how much it can last though, as I heard they are in a serious budget crunch.
I don't know if USC does this, but where I was those benefits basically gave you the lowest registration priority for classes. That seemed smart, because you're often filling otherwise empty seats.
"One thing I personally think will be a competitive advantage for college students - reading books for pleasure. It will be such a rarity that being highly literate will set you apart."
Our daughter is an absolute reading machine so I'll take this as a win. -Tom
Something to keep in mind: if it really becomes something that sets you apart, people will start using AI to fake their literacy. For example, using AIs to summarize books they haven't read.
You might be able to use AI to summarize a book, but you'll get caught out if you're tested any kind of probing question that you could only answer if you'd read the whole book.
Selling your house to pay for your kid's fancy private education is a
bold move, Cotton. I definitely wouldn't do that.I do value education in and of itself. I hope my kids can be as erudite as @denlillaapan one day, and I'm willing to pay for it, somewhat, though not to the extent of selling my house.
But if their only reason for going to college is to make money, I'd caution against that. That would really depend on their major choice, personality, and intended plan. There are other ways to money that may or may not be better suited to their personality.
Do they get free tuition from your university?
Ha! No.
My university is quite inexpensive to begin with, though. Not that I would want them to go here if they can go somewhere better.
@delete in 24 hours
I had a position with family tuition benefits once. Perhaps I should have kept it, but I didn't even have a family at the time.
I think those are becoming increasingly rare. In our town, USC is famous for granting free tuition to the children of all employees (including low level staff employees). I don't know how much it can last though, as I heard they are in a serious budget crunch.
That's my understanding as well.
I don't know if USC does this, but where I was those benefits basically gave you the lowest registration priority for classes. That seemed smart, because you're often filling otherwise empty seats.
I thought this was interesting:
"One thing I personally think will be a competitive advantage for college students - reading books for pleasure. It will be such a rarity that being highly literate will set you apart."
Our daughter is an absolute reading machine so I'll take this as a win.
-Tom
Something to keep in mind: if it really becomes something that sets you apart, people will start using AI to fake their literacy. For example, using AIs to summarize books they haven't read.
You might be able to use AI to summarize a book, but you'll get caught out if you're tested any kind of probing question that you could only answer if you'd read the whole book.
Noehz