<p>He’s got some merit scholarships, and has been working since the summer before his Freshman year of highschool, mostly saving it for college. We payed for most clothes, food, whatever in high school. We will be paying for books, a laptop, and housing/ basic meal plan. If he needs it and has proven to be actually interested in his education, we might be open to helping him out now and then, but we’ve always made it clear to all my kids that college was mostly on them.</p>
<p>I work (as I’ve said in other threads) in the res-life department at a medium sized state university, and I know what parents are paying for in college. If I had a couple bucks for every rich brat that I end up having to talk to about selling drugs, or having alcahol in the dorms, or deciding to punch through the wall, or whatever, who is also fully payed for by their parent, plus a generous allowance that goes towards their beer consumption, I would be one of the wealthiest people in the world. It’s sad what college has become.</p>
<p>I’ve seen parents come in and tell me that it was not fair that res life confiscated their son/daughter’s vodka that was in the dormroom, because those same parents had given their kids the money. Kids try to blame their parents for giving them the money to party, some even got a party allowance. College has become a joke, it’s a place to party for four years, then come out with a ‘Japenese culture/Aneme’ degree that cost their parents 20K/year. Until students respect college and appreciate it, this will continue to be the case. How do you do that? Make them pay for it.</p>