<p>I completely agree it’s a hard life. I actually casually know a couple young people working full time and going to school. But it’s absolutely doable. Not easy, but not impossible, especially if she has a friend she can stay with. </p>
<p>Intparent, you maybe right that they may yet pay for college, but from where I am standing I just don’t really belive that. In fact to me, it seems like all they are trying to do is keep OP in their house. That especially concerns me since she said all girls in her family are expected to come back home after cillege and get married. I keep coming back to the fact that even if she does get financial support for a CC, let’s say, what will they say if she is trying to look for jobs or apartments while living under their roof. I don’t believe it will be any easier to stand up to them then. If she has the option to live elsewhere, like with a friend, I would take it. </p>
<p>Finally, I second doing ROTC or the like. If you are opposed to the military, I know there are other programs like that for, I believe the defense department (?). I know someone in my college did one. They helped pay for her college in exchange for her working for them later. Unfortunately, I don’t remember what government agency this was, but I know it exists - I would search around.</p>