A recent conversation among a gathering of friends turned to kids and college. One had impressed on her young son the importance of studying vocabulary words, so that he could eventually do well on the SAT and get a scholarship for college.
He was dumbfounded. "You can get a scholarship for being smart?"
Fortunately, there are scholarships for a lot of things. If you have a "demonstrated interest" in candy technology, you could win a scholarship from the American Association of Candy Technologists. Over the years I personally have demonstrated a great interest in candy...and I'm all for the technology that makes it possible for me to do so.
Sometimes all you need to get a good scholarship is the right last name. If your name is Leavenworth, you can get a full scholarship to Hamilton College in New York. Don't have the right name? Just change it! If you change your middle name to Huntington, you can get a scholarship to Vassar. I have no plans to attend Vassar anytime soon, but Huntington kinda makes a cool middle name.
The Hero does not understand why many parents feel the need to pay for their kids' college education. "I paid my own way," he said. "My mom really wanted to pay for my college, but I told her no."
"Are you okay?" I said with concern. "Free money, hello?"
There was also talk of hauling kids around to look at colleges they might be interested in. One parent confessed that she went off to college, halfway across the country, without ever having seen the campus. "I came from a family of coal miners. Who knew you were supposed to go look at a college first?"
With tuitions soaring, parents are worried about where the money for college will come from, even if their kids are still young. One hit upon the perfect solution: "If Jesus returns before the kids go to college, I won't have to worry about tuition!"
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
He was dumbfounded. "You can get a scholarship for being smart?"
Fortunately, there are scholarships for a lot of things. If you have a "demonstrated interest" in candy technology, you could win a scholarship from the American Association of Candy Technologists. Over the years I personally have demonstrated a great interest in candy...and I'm all for the technology that makes it possible for me to do so.
Sometimes all you need to get a good scholarship is the right last name. If your name is Leavenworth, you can get a full scholarship to Hamilton College in New York. Don't have the right name? Just change it! If you change your middle name to Huntington, you can get a scholarship to Vassar. I have no plans to attend Vassar anytime soon, but Huntington kinda makes a cool middle name.
The Hero does not understand why many parents feel the need to pay for their kids' college education. "I paid my own way," he said. "My mom really wanted to pay for my college, but I told her no."
"Are you okay?" I said with concern. "Free money, hello?"
There was also talk of hauling kids around to look at colleges they might be interested in. One parent confessed that she went off to college, halfway across the country, without ever having seen the campus. "I came from a family of coal miners. Who knew you were supposed to go look at a college first?"
With tuitions soaring, parents are worried about where the money for college will come from, even if their kids are still young. One hit upon the perfect solution: "If Jesus returns before the kids go to college, I won't have to worry about tuition!"
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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