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"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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Tim Watts wrote:

2/3 was the bit I thought parents ended up paying unless darling
Willoughby
was of a mind to take 3 part time MacDonalds and evening pub jobs on
to pay
his own way (which is one of the typical newspaper lines).

If its any help, my grandson whose parents make very little money and who
can just about get by with assistance from the bank of mum and dad gets
nothing.

He pays his own way by working all weekend and most evenings as a
warehouseman in a cash and carry warehouse. He also works during the week.
He's taking a computer science degree and I don't know how he finds the
time to study as well as support himself. His girlfriend is in much the
same boat. Her family aren't wealthy, living just above minimum wage.
She's
working most evenings in a fast food "restaurant" to pay her way.

-- €¢DarWin|
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My daughter worked every spare hour in a business in Kingston, and rose
to the top even whilst still a student. After she got her degree in
fine art, she went to work for them full time, and is now a regional
manager. She hasn't picked up as much as a pencil since, so other than
saying that she has a first class degree, the time spent was of little
meaning ...

Arfa
There's more to a degree course than the technical content.
--
bert