[geeks] Q: Regarding Linux in K-12 education

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jan 18, 2010, at 1:58 AM, sammy ominsky <s at avoidant.org> wrote:

> On 18/01/2010, at 06:02, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> better job than substituting - it seems he invested four years of his
>> life and borrowed $160,000 to get an undergraduate degree in Theater
>> Arts. When I heard that my first reaction was "Doesn't he have any
>> parents?!"
>
> Maybe he wanted to be an actor?

Make no mistake, I have no problem with anyone studying what interests  
them (as a Humanities major, I have no room to debate commercial  
potential of a given degree program), but to borrow $160,000 to study  
acting wasn't a wise *financial* investment.

He would be closer to his dream of being an actor if he threw himself  
into acting at any possible level and worked his way up... Even  
starting at volunteer level work.

Anyone know what college loan payments look like for $160,000?

Lionel