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Is it ok to sacrifice earning money for school?
I just finished my sophomore year in college, about to start my third year this fall. This summer I got lucky and I have a well paid job.
However, due to my grades in the past semesters, I didn't do well in one of my important classes which I have registered to repeat this summer. I also intend to take another challanging course not related to my major just to ease my schedule for the coming year. The benefit is that I'll get to take two classes: one for grade improvement, one just to get ahead in the game.
However, there is another downside to it. Since it is summer school, I am required to pay for it and I'll be spending all the money I got from working on tuition and books.
Also, I haven't even thought of next summers book cost and about $400 I have to pay towards my tiution that my financial aid didn't cover.
I have the option of continuing on working but I'll fail to fulfill my goals of raising my gpa by taking on the summer classes..
My father also is not happy with me spending money like that. He said he wouldn't even save the money I'm putting on tuition just for summer school. He can't get over the fact that if I have done well I would have saved the money I'm about to spend on tuition and even earned additional bucks by working for the rest of the summer.
I am very dissapointed!!
Help me please.
Any advice appreciated.
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Well, considering you're spending the money intended for school ON school, I don't see a problem with that.
It may seem like a sacrifice, but is it really? You're still spending it on furthering your education, correct?
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Spend the money on summer school. You will be happier if you do, and regret it if you don't. If you don't do it, you will consider not taking the class again as another "failure." I know that you beat yourself up over things like grades and gpa. (I do the same thing.) By taking the summer classes, you are correcting your mistake and taking responsibility for it. After all, mistakes are only failures if you chose not to correct them. This way, this one bad grade won't be hanging over your head, and you don't have it haunting your Junior year. You can really spend the time learning the material, as you can for the other class. Your father should be proud of you for wanting to fix your mistake. Not condemn you for it. Yes, it's an expensive mistake to make, but it happens to all of us. The fact that you are fixing it and using your own money instead of your parent's paying for it, is very admirable. If you're worried about tuition for the fall, try taking out an alternitive loan like the Teri loan, or see if your Staford loan can be increased. Often times schools won't award a student the highest possible available amount for Staford loan and will increase it if you ask them to.
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