Watching Dave Ramsey right now

[zetta]

I have a friend who says she tried to work and pay her way through school. After 2 years it was just too hard to manage it all and she dropped out and always felt badly about it. If someone hadn't introduced her to the concept of student loans sometime later, she tells me she never would have gotten her degree.

[disneysteve]

I have a friend who says she tried to work and pay her way through school. After 2 years it was just too hard to manage it all and she dropped out

This is another thing that folks who recommend working your way through school don't take into account. Some students have a harder time than others with school. Some people find things come easily to them. Others have to spend a lot more time reading and studying to accomplish the same thing. The former type of student probably could handle working and going to school at the same time. The latter type probably couldn't without his/her grades suffering.

I happen to feel a student's top priority should be being a student. Anything that detracts or distracts from that top priority may need to be eliminated whether it is sports, extracurricular activities or an after-school job. Some students can handle school and work. Others can't. Simple as that.

[Angio333]

I love Dave Ramsey's radio show. I don't get a chance to catch his TV show. I don't always agree with him, but his plan really works.