Do you feel it is the parents responsibility to pay for college or the child's responsibility?
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Both.
It is appalling to me that there are parents out there who do not want to invest in their children's lives to help make them a more successful adult.
But, at the same time, the child will learn to appreciate the value of their education if they in fact had to work for it themselves.
It's hard enough being a young adult and dealing with all the new responsibilities of adulthood to have to also deal with how the hell you're going to pay your tuition! It's not fair of parents to expect children to afford college on their own 100%, especially considering how the cost of a college education has continued to incline consistently over the last few years.
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I would have to vote for it being the child's.
I think it is a combination of both.
If the parents can afford to help, that is great, But on the otherhand, I think it is really important for the kid to take college seriously & a great way for that to happen is to make them responsible for the bill!
I feel it's the responsibility of the child to pay for college. I had to pay my own way and I took it more serious than the other kids that had mom and dad pay for it.
It is the childs responsibility.
When I told my parents that I was going to college, they said I was an idiot.
I suppose I could have listened to them, But I went and paid my own way. I now earn more than both of them together.
I will pay for my childrens college because I can and because I want to. Not because it is my responsibility.
You either want an education or you don't. If you want one you will not let anyone or anything stop you.
While it would be nice to have some sort of savings set aside, some sort of account set up to help defray expenses, I think the child should be largely responsible for tuition. That should be some incentive to do well in school, and perhaps work harder in their younger years for scholarships.
The parents should begin preparing for college as soon as their child is born. Children should not be saddled with debt as soon as they graduate. However, a child should do their part by getting good grades and participating actively in extracurriculars in order to receive some scholarships for college. While it is a dual responsibility, the parent should support their child by bearing the brunt of the expense.
child's bc then if they blew collage and the parent payed for the education then it wouldn't really mean alot to the kid. but if the kid payed and blew collage they would seriously think about if they should quit or not since it was their money,same thing with a car.
i think it is the parent's responsibility to pay for college because,
since the child is not yet adult to take full care of their self.
I plan on going to college after high school, and my parents have already said that they will pay. They want to pay so that I will not have to get a job, and so I'll have more time to concentrate on school. I still plan on saving money in order to take partial responsibility in paying, since I plan on being in college for eight years (chiropractic college after the initial four years). Colleges take into consideration whether or not you have a job, and I believe that obtaining one will help me manage my time better in the long run, and I strongly believe that it will provide me with some necessary life skills. I believe that parents should pay for college, but the child should help as well (although, they shouldn't be forced to). If the child truly wants to attend college, and take responsibility for their life, and their education, then they will probably help pay as well.
So, I believe that parents should pay, but should not have to pay everything. A responsible individual will be willing to help their parents pay.
I think that really depends - If the parents want the child to go to college more than that child does, they should pay. If the parents are forcing the kid into college, they should pay. The child shouldn't have to spend their hard-earned money on something they do not want.
But if the students takes college seriously, they should be responsible for at least some of the cost. They're the one benefitting from it most, after all, and if the parents pay for the entire ___ years, then the kid won't take college as seriously, and they'd be more likely to drop out - wasting their parents cash.
I think it really depends on exactly how much the parents can afford to spend. I'm not expecting the parents of poor children to save thousands for college, but parents who can afford to should help some. It would relieve that kid of financial stress, and they may not need to take a job, which means they can focus more on studies.
If the parents have the resources, they should help a child who has shown that they take their education seriously. However, I feel that a child that has goofed off and not been serious about school should be on their own where college is concerned.
I joined the U.S. Navy in order to get G.I. Bill education benefits and worked two jobs until my senior year. For my senior year, I took out loans so I could focus on my studies and prepare for the CPA exam. I also had limited academic scholarships. My father died when I was 15, and my mother was remarried and had no resources that she could call her own, so I had to come up with all of the costs on my own and I never regretted it. I graduated with highest honors as a reward for all my work. It took 5 years to pay off my student loans after graduation.
I feel it should be the child's responsibility, but the federal government dictates that the parents are supposed to contribute to the child's college education. When you fill out a FAFSA form, you have to put in the parent's financial information as well as the child's.
There are six exceptions to this rule: the student is 24 or older, an orphan or ward of the court until age 18, married, enrolled in graduate school, a qualified veteran or in active duty in the military, supporting a dependent of their own (a child) receiving more than half of their support. Any of those exceptions (or a special circumstance) would make a child an independent that wouldn't have to list the parent's financial data on their form.
The problem with the current system is that the government makes it almost mandatory that the parents have to pay, so when they choose not to, the student is at a hardship. They can't get more aid (other than loans, and even then there's a restriction on the amount you can get) so they have to pay more out of pocket and that does prevent some people from going to college (I know a few).
I had to pay my own way because my grandmother paid for me to go to a private high school (and she had no obligation to do that for me either), but I also feel that I was more motivated to work hard in college because it was my money, and scholarship on the line.
I feel a parent shouldn't have to pay, but they should because they want to help (but not out of obligation). Besides, parents may pay for school but they are not entitled to find out the grades of the student unless said student signs a letter informing their school that their parents can see their grades. I don't know anyone who signed that letter.
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