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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

I'd really like to hear how Palin spent her college years, why it took 
her so long, and why she transferred so much. Someone from Alaska 
heading to the University of Hawaii (then transferring to a 'sunnier' 
campus) sounds like party time to me. It would make a big difference to 
me to know if she partied too much or if she waited tables full time to 
pay the bills. We may never know. Just like we may never know if Obama 
had massive student loans, or someone paid his way (who and why?).

Lynn Wigglesworth


EarthNSky wrote:
> I'd have to agree.  The privileged-those with financial aid and family 
> help, often finish college in 4 years...those who have to work and pay 
> their own way often have to stretch it out.  The long it takes, the 
> harder it is, because life intervenes in your plans...
> 
> Lynda wrote:
>> If it takes them 4 years to graduate from a community college then I don't 
>> want them anywhere near anything including the cash register at the local 
>> Mickey D's!
>>
>> I'm amazed that folks haven't read what was written about her.  It has 
>> been 
>> in at least a dozen articles that she did the beauty queen routine because 
>> of the scholarships that went with it.
>>
>> Now, having worked at a community college and having collected data for 
>> grant writing, I can tell you that 50% of the kids who enter college never 
>> graduate and 70% of the kids getting out of high school have to take 
>> remedial English and/or math.  That would inclue all the honor roll and AP 
>> and AG students.  Kids that take 6 years to graduate quite frequently do 
>> so 
>> because they have to work, not because they have parents paying their way. 
>> They also have to do so because they weren't prepared for college by the 
>> oh 
>> so poor quality education they got at their local public school.  When 
>> Honor 
>> Roll students and AP students sit in an English 1A class and can't tell 
>> you 
>> the difference between a simple sentence, a complex sentence and a 
>> compound 
>> sentence, is it any wonder?
>>
>> Lynda
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" 
>>> I haven't seen any evidence of how she paid for college. She didn't seem
>>>  very serious about college; 5 colleges in 6 years? In my world,
>>> serious-minded people with few resources go to a community college or a
>>> state university where they get a tuition break for being a state
>>> resident, buckle down, and graduate in 4 years. People who transfer a
>>> lot and take 6 years to get a degree (I've seen a lot of them) usually
>>> have parents footing the bill. But I don't know; maybe she was working
>>> her fingers to the bone to earn money for the next school. Like Obama,
>>> she's not forthcoming with her source of school funds.
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