Originally Posted by
Sputnik
Curious about what I bolded, is there something shameful about paying for your kid's education? That must be "admitted?"
I'm not a rich airline pilot [though I hope to be] but I saved regularly from my military paycheck starting when my kids were born. 18 years of compounding interest is a wonderful thing. Regardless if DL makes me rich or not, should be able to put kids through state school without debt.
I know it is difficult to get through college without debt or parents...but there are service academies and a huge amount of ROTC scholarships available.
Yeah, I was kind of wondering about that. What is shameful about paying for your kid's college? I am very happy that my kids were able to graduate from excellent colleges, with zero debt. I feel fortunate that we were able to do that for them, and think our money was well spent.
My spouse went to a service academy---zero debt. I went through ROTC, also zero debt. Those options are out there, and if not, it is still possible to go to community college, take online courses, test out of classes, and finish up at a public 4 year university for a reasonable cost. We wanted our kids to go to college ASAP, because it's a painless, natural progression to do it after high school. If you delay, it can take forever (my sister was 40 before she got her degree). Much tougher to do it while working a full time job and raising a family.