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writes:I need some help to figure out university situation in Canada.How can you get around this law, that your child is not an adult, and you are obligated paying for their university?We wanted if he could get student loan, but refused, because of our income, what is actually not enough for paying for her ed. Now she can't get bursary, or any kind of aid, until she is not out o school for 48 month.So ,i guess its too late ,that I just realized this.So this way, she has to pay so much , that she would have to work herself to death, and kids, who has parents ,with no income, gets it all. It is not right I think, because it shouldn't be a privilege that your parents are rich or poor. Now i its true, he just can't go ,or my husband will have to work himself to death. What will destroy our family completely, also we have other kids too. I know it is not straight relationship issue, but on a way it is, as it is risking a family breakdown to put your some through university.Please give me an idea, if you have any, .AND I hope, I didn't insult anybody, I'm saying all kids should have the right to get help.Thanks
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reader, Red Green 0289  +, writes (17 July 2009):
Systems, be they higher education or medical care, have to prioritize the needs of the applicants and apply money based on some series of test that the politicians create in an effort to be "fair". This is the flaw in nationalized programs.
I think GinsengMeow wrote an excellent response. You simply may not be able to provide the education you fantasized about, and you daughter is likely going to have to take a non-traditional course through university. She may have to work part time, and finish a few years later than planned. Paying for university is something that takes YEARS to planning, and with multiple kids you would have had to start when they started primary school.
Now, if you want to play the game, I work with a gal who moved from Mexico to Finland, and took advantage (and I do mean TOOK ADVANTAGE) of their free university education system. Moved there, went to school and moved home. Not what they had in mind, but somehow she got away with it...
I say let her waork her way though college. I went to university with many kids who did this - it made them better students and more responsible alot faster than those of us who didn't work.
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reader, anonymous, writes (17 July 2009): Like everything in life, post-secondary education is a luxury. It may not seem fair that the families whom are well-off can easily pay their way into post-secondary, but we have to look at that as the results of their lineage of hard work, being paid off at the moment. Eg: my great grand uncle worked his life away so the next few generations of his family can live more luxurious.
To answer your question directly, it means it will take more effort in trying gain something you want. There is no such thing as working oneself to death to achieve the thing you want. Unless working oneself to death means your child wants to go to university within the next 6 months, doing 3 or 4 different jobs. Otherwise, it's just means she will go to university later by working full time somewhere or take a couple of courses at a time while work part-time. Another thing you can do is go to student services and see if there are alternatives in paying for her tuition.
My 21 year old cousin is doing exactly that. She is going to the University of Victoria while working part-time. Mind you, she does also have a minor scholarship. She won't be able to graduate in 4 years, but she will graduate eventually. You can damn her parents for being so poor, but all things have a cause and effect. Why didn't you plan for this sooner? My parents planned the funding of our education when we were still in elementary school. They are both in the labor industry but has managed to help put my brother to school, while I paid for my own.
Here is a web site I found on Google on various ways you can try to get financial aid for your children for post-secondary:
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/financial-aid/canadian-students.htm
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