Community College Pros And Cons

One of the toughest times of my life was when I was living with my dad from fourth to sixth grade. My father was in between part time jobs and we had little money. In fourth grade we were living in a small apartment complex that had about ten other residents. The apartment we had was only a one room apartment. There was no wall separating the room from the kitchen. We were one of the only rooms with our own bathroom. We actually had to share a shower with the other residents. At times when I would get back from kids wrestling practice most of the time there wasn’t any hot water left. Maturing throughout the years I realize the stress that my father must have been going through at time, and not getting child support from my mom at the time did not help either. I don’t blame him for having to struggle like we did. My dad did the best he could scarcely he had enough money for rent and Shurfine brand food for the month. Not to mention the money he had to save so I could wrestle, which he probably spent at least $600 dollars a year on. …show more content…
First of all if you go to a community college you should not take a student loan out. Most community colleges are $5000 or less, so just go work for your schooling if that’s the case it is very affordable. Now, if you go to school for a high paying job, if you are smart enough to attend then you may be in luck. Say you were a doctor that made $90,000 a year then you will most likely pay your debt off rather quick. You would be part of the lucky ones that has paid their student debt off. As you can see there isn’t very many pros to taking out a student loan debt. In today’s society with the way the economy is you better be tremendously smart, or an outstanding athlete to afford to go to a decent college, unless you go to a community college, trade school, or a tech school. That being said there really is only one pro for taking out student loans in my