<p>this generation of Americans is probably the most spoiled in the history of mankind. I’m not meaning to criticise you at all, it is simply a result of post WWII prosperity in the US from 1946 - 1970 when Europe and Japan were still rebuilding from WWII and there was no real global competition. </p>
<p>My Dad worked his way though college (UCLA, then Long Beach St.) while working full time and supporting his wife and baby at home, with no help from his infirm, aged mother. I recall he got home from work (Hughes Aircraft I believe at the time) and did homework late into the night. </p>
<p>I worked my way through college with $2k per year total support from my parents, which in today’s dollars is about $10k per year. My wife worked her way through the last 2 years of college after her parents ht hard economic times.</p>
<p>Yes, community college is how a lot of families do it… live at home, work 10-20 hours per week, pay $2-$3k tuition total per year, and knock out 50% of your college on the cheap.</p>
<p>Then transfer to an In-State school to finish up at about $10k-$15k tuition. If your parents cannot help, go one year, take a year off to work, then finish up.</p>
<p>You can DO THIS! And in the process re-connect with how most of the world lives, and how Americans lived prior to the recent boom years.</p>