<p>@glbosworth
the post i was responding to was DELETED by the author who sent me a personal message apologizing for what they had written. my post was a reply to that post that was deleted. they had stated basically that none of us should get any financial help with school, blah blah. it had a nasty tone as well. i did not just randomly post that. and it had been posted by a parent.</p>
<p>in reply to your view that kids with educated parents should have high gpa’s or something is wrong with them is completely ignorant. i have been living on my own since the age of 14. worked three jobs starting at that age. never had parents around at all and earned my GED because i did not get to go to high school all all. so think again dude.</p>
<p>philosoup
yeah, you would get the same help via blue and gold. if anything it might be a couple hundred dollars less. so don;t worry dude. good luck!</p>
<p>“the tuition costs for my parents were a few hundred dollars”</p>
<p>I appologize if it seemed crude of me saying what I said, but according to you, your parents are college educated. I am guessing something drastic happened to your parents when you were 14, or else you wouldn’t have been on your own since you were 14. Am i missing something?</p>
<p>It looks like we’ve been in the same boat according to your last post, except I haven’t been able to afford to pay to take the GED. </p>
<p>Having parents in the home during high school is a very important thing. They are there to assist you in your preparation for your college years. Therefore you have 4+ years of learning study habits and basic skills you need for college. This gives you a 4 year jump on students who don’t have parents to help them in this way. </p>
<p>For me, I didn’t have these parents, nor the money for the tutoring and what not. Because of this, my learning of study habits and skills did not begin until I was at a JC. I had to learn all of these skills while at the JC on my own. Not knowing certain skills like this definitely hinders ones ability to achieve a high gpa. do you still disagree? if so, explain?</p>
<p>@glbosworth, I think you are making a hasty generalization. There are too many variables to consider to just make blanket statements like that and I suspect that making those kinds of statements serves better to disinter a personal bias than it does anything else. People are out there working just as hard as you, struggling with the same material and receiving the same grades regardless of their parent’s education level. Do the less privileged often have greater barriers to secondary education? Sure. But don’t make the mistake of claiming their B is the equivalent of your C or that anything less than an A somehow reflects poorly on them.</p>
<p>^ the parent who posted stated that only kids like myself with a high GPA should get Any financial aid. and thus my reply.</p>
<p>regarding parents with educations. just because a parent has a college degree does not mean that they will be home to help their kids with homework. i found my way to the library and read after i could no longer attend school. if you ask me high school is a complete joke and a waste of time in the united states anyway, and there were no worthwhile classes to take in high school. the smartest people i have met left high school early. in fact, i have ten friends who received their GED’s and then went to UC Berkeley. one of my friends moved out of their parents home when they were 12 (not an exaggeration) and then went on to earn a GOLD MEDAL at the olympics and graduated from Stanford University. he too earned a GED and educated himself in the public library for free, as did i.</p>
<p>everyone is different. but making judgments about people who have parents who graduated from college in the way you have is not accurate. the cost of a GED was just a few dollars. and they are easy to pass. and the public library is free. it may take some people longer to get to the library, but that is fine too. </p>
<p>i also know tons of people without degrees who have kids. they love their kids and help them get through school in every way possible. there is tons of money available for school for kids who have parents who did not attend college. none of that money has ever been available to me. and i have never resented or complained about it. we all deserve an education and we have paid the taxes ourselves to make this possible. good luck with school! davis is a top notch school. one of the best in the world.</p>
<p>also, if you need money to pay for your GED, let me know, i will mail it to you. seriously. i needed it to get into my CCC.</p>
<p>@glbosworth Those are definitely positive correlations. However, in the very study you cite under “conclusions”:</p>
<p>"…other parent related variables need to be addressed. As a result, a number of research questions rose for further studies. For example, do parents pass on innate ability to their children? To what extent does rolemodeling and creating a conducive home environment to study play a role? Are children in these households more likely to receive assistance from parents in their quest to achieve higher achievement in education?"</p>
<p>These questions aren’t answered. All we are being given is a correlation and we can only speculate on the variables. We can’t assume them.</p>
<p>3.12 isn’t that high of a GPA. that’s barley a B average… this covo is so ridiculous. NEITHER of my parents went to high school, my dad can’t even read english (he’s from syria) and I graduated with a 3.0 from high school my senior year. although I did graduate from a charter school… lol</p>
<p>@glbosworth
Everything you have said is presumptuous. You are assuming that the supposed parents in a supposed household would do what you claim parents should do. Not all parents, regardless if they are around or not are helpful to their children. In fact, if two people are in an unhappy marriage them being in the household together would probably do more harm than good. I’m speaking from personal experience. Further, you are assuming that if you have parents around you have the intellectual capacity to maintain a “perfect” gpa. That’s absurd. Honestly, you can’t truly believe that everyone is born equally intelligent.</p>
<p>@glbosworth
let me guess, you have a low gpa and are trying to justify yourself? haha
don’t bother, einstein had a low gpa. just find something more positive to worry about dude, like UCB admissions next friday.</p>
<p>it is stunning that you two are in college. maybe that movie “idiocracy” was actually a documentary. haha. you guys are really negative. this conversation started because some parent posted on here that people like glbosworth should get NO financial assistance from their schools. and i defended those kids. just because the parent removed their post and you read mine completely out of context and had a bad reaction is no reason to become a nutcase. there are tons of kids like me, i am not unusual. you are just insecure dude.</p>
<p>well, obviously you are now spending your time whining and feeling sorry for yourself. sorry i was defending people like you when some parent logged in and said anyone with a low gpa should get NO financial assistance at school. so good luck. you are attacking the people who are trying to help you.</p>
<p>Why would i feel sorry for myself? I have achieved so much more than I could have ever imagined. I get to go to a university of california, and one with a pretty good program. Im ecstatic! Well, I’m 24, and you must be significantly older than I, if you were able to work three jobs at the age of 14 without going through the whole child labor laws thing. My 1 employer at 14 was getting in trouble for working me over 30 hours a week, LOL.</p>