Reply #25: I don't think it should be free. I believe if people don't have some skin in the game, [View All]

[napi21]

they won't try as hard or just be there to party. I raised my 2 boys that same way. They both wanted a car when they turned 16. I said that's fine, but I won't buy you one. If you buy a used one I will help you in every way I can to get it fixed up and something you can be proud of, but YOU have to buy it. Both did, and (KOW) neither ever had an accident or speeding ticket. Some friends of theirs automatically got a car for their 16th BD, and I can tell you shome heart breaking stories of what happened in quite a few instances.

Maybe a radically reduced tuition for anybody who maintains a B avg. might work.

I DO believe at least College should be affordable for everyone who wants to go, particularly at State Colleges. If the private ones feel they have to charge hugh amounts, that's their option.

BTW, my son's stepdaughter & her husband who live in Romania are both attending Med School. Their tuition is $1,200/yr if they maintain a B avg. Her husband graduated last summer and she has 2 years to go.