My experience is different. For most students, video doesn’t help them progress nearly as much as direct instruction. A video running quickly through 45 techniques would have less value than a similar-length video that covers 15 techniques. Same without the video.
I didn't and wouldn't take out a loan like that for my education. If I can't get the knowledge because of money then I would find a different way to get it. Some colleges allow employees to take free classes. I would start there. I would also find a student who could help provide some of that knowledge. This way I'm not starting from zero. I would also befriend teachers and college administrators because the may have an answer to my money issues.
I never went into debt for any of my degrees. I ate Ramen noodles, because you could eat for a month on $2.30, and I walked everywhere because I couldn't afford gas.
The paradox of ramen soups is that the ones you pay for in a package are actually more expensive and unhealthy than the ones you can make at home on your own.
That's what it feels like sometimes.
The concern is if you only eat Ramen noodles, you won't be able to build muscle. How far can you go in MA without muscle?
If Conor McGregor was so poor that he could only afford to eat Ramen noodles every day, do you think he could reach to what he has today?
Rich people don't have to fight out of necessity. Many combat sports champions started from poverty. Pacquiao is another example.
There is a theory which suggests the more affluent classes took up martial arts in order to learn to protect themselves and their riches. If you read the history of the martial arts and self-defense movements across the world it will open your eyes to new ways of seeing the whole subject.
about $20 an hour for me unless I have to travel or something.
Irrelevant. I got a 2 year degree at an inexpensive community college, worked at that to pay for my BS at a more expensive university, worked at that to pay for graduate school. I walked everywhere, I ate the cheapest crap I could find, I worked multiple jobs, and I didn't party. To this day, I cannot eat Ramen; it tastes like poverty.
I know a couple people who did that around my age. I'm 29 now, and they're all either finally finishing their bachelors degree now or just finished a year or two ago. The only delay was being able to afford it as they were going, and for at least 3 I can guarantee that they did whatever they could to save money.
We have kids in their 30's and 40's who are still in school. Again, delayed gratification.
I think that's incorrect. The education costs went up. But so did the salaries. The two probably will never be in perfect synchrony, but "3 times working to pay for each year" is patently false.
I saved a bundle on rent/food/gas.
Yes. It's just a matter of how much it's worth delaying that, when presumably school is being done to advance in your career. There are two very different endpoints if you start your intended career in your early 20s vs. 40s.
My assumption was that that got caught in inflation. I'm going to see what info I can find and do the math on that later though, to see how salary changes compare to that change in tuition price. But that's going to take some research and thought on the best way to determine that before I look at any numbers (to avoid them being swayed by bias), so I'll do that after work.
I agree with all of that. That's not the purpose of the student loans. I don't know that people did that. I actually saved the money for mine to the side and stayed at home for the most part/budgeted it in, and finally finished paying mine off this week.
