02 Nov 22:29
I really want to go back to school and finish my degree in the vain hope I can get a job, but alas it is too expensive. I really can't afford it and also I am still paying off the loan I took out to pay for my first two years of university. Its only 10,000. but it is taking forever to pay off.

and one year at uni would cost about $6000 a year, thats without the fees, a place to live or the books. And the books, holy crap are like $200 a pop.

GEESE

03 Nov 01:08
ugh i know! i was just thinking about that. i do have a college trust fund but its not gonna be near enough! i need a job!

03 Nov 04:13
I know, you don't want to get a loan. I did and I wish I never did

04 Nov 10:54
I don't blame you honey for not wanting to get a loan...

I had to, it's a flipping pain in the arse, tuition fees are about £3,000 per year & then you borrow just under £3,000 in loans to pay for books and to help you live!! Tis a pain in the arse... and the worst part (for me) of it is, with all this recession crap, my chances of getting a good job after I've finished are alot less then when I signed up for it all!! So basically it's like £9,000 tuition fees and the rest, and so many hours of studying per week, just to be poured down the drain!!!

I hope it is all worth it in the end though :(

04 Nov 14:04
me too hug

05 Nov 15:07
I'm so glad that my grandma left us loads of money, it means that I don't have to worry too much, but I'm still so poor while I'm living here...living off about £30 a week which is nothing really. And god, they want to make it more expensive!

05 Nov 20:04
oh gosh hon. How do u do it?

06 Nov 20:34
Lettuce sandwiches. I spend about £5 a week on food - it's enough for some eggs, bread, cheese and milk. Then every few weeks I buy a new lettuce. Pasta lasts me ages. Then I have another £5 for tobacco, and £20 to spend on going out, which means I've had to find the best drink deals!

07 Nov 03:58
omg girl, thats not nearly enough, hope you don't get sick or anything. You need to get some veggies in there, lettuce is only water

07 Nov 09:24
Omigosh!! That sounds awful... I'm not sure if you like meat or not? If you do, you could buy mince? That can last you a good 2 or 3 meals... if not then you need more vegetables, like Michelle said, there's nothing to lettuce. How'd you spend only £20 on drinks? I can spend that if I'm not getting drunk, or if I'm in Liverpool, they do loads of shot flavours for £1 and you get about 5 of them and you're done!!

07 Nov 14:40
or tuna, if you like fish.

07 Nov 22:10
Nah I'm a vegetarian, can't afford quorn. Like I said, I eat cheese and eggs so that keeps me going.

I don't really get drunk no matter how much I spend anyway, so I'm fine with just having a few beers or whatever.

07 Nov 23:40
take vitimins, just because it is not hurting you now, 20 years down the road you will be paying for this. You need protein, nuts, peanut butter, whole grains

13 Nov 01:34
If you've got the time/space I'd suggest trying to grow sprouts. Really quite cheap (as far as I'm aware) and it'll help with your vitamin/mineral/protein intake (they're quite nutritious). You just have to make sure that the seeds you buy are meant for sprouting and haven't been heated or anything. If you've got a health food store nearby where you live it'd be worth checking out (there's also a number of websites and online suppliers), and a vitamin/mineral supplement is definitely something to get. If you have the space/time/inclination I'd suggest seeing what else you could grow yourself- even just a bottle or two of sprouts along with a tomato plant and some salad greens would go a ways to helping round out your diet a bit more. Perhaps you'd be able to replace the lettuce with sprouts (if the pricing is ok) at any rate- they'd be far more nutritious, and by varying the kind of seeds/beans you got you'd vary not only the nutrients but also the taste.
At any rate, best luck, and I hope this was at least moderately useful to you.

(I'm looking at moving out sometime within the next year myself, and with suddenly having all living expenses as well as paying off my student loan... Not sure how I'm going to manage that, really. School is not cheap here in Canada either- and I wasn't even at one of the more expensive universities...)

13 Nov 01:43
I know, its like why does it have to bee so expesnsive

14 Nov 22:59
I know what you mean. A two year I want to go to costs about 20,000. I don't see if we have to go then why do they charge so much. We are forced to go to high school and that's free. I know we are not forced to go college ,but most jobs are only hiring people with a college degree. Either make community college free or make it not required.

15 Nov 02:02
I know, and even if you go to school you might not be able to get a job. I have two diplomas and part of a degree and I am still working retail min wage jobs

15 Nov 22:06
I know how that is. My dad didn't go to school ,but he has a pretty well paying job. There's somebody he works with who did go to school. That person are still paying off their loans and they make the same amout per hour.

15 Nov 22:49
I know, I think people who get the loans for school and then get a loan for a house/car are just digging themselves into dept. My ex had a $250,000(over 7 years) loan plus a maxed out credit card totaling $13,000. Now try paying that off

16 Nov 18:52
On the other hand it wouldn't be fair to expect other people to pay for all of your school fees. Lots of people don't have the brains to go to university. They start paying taxes at early age and most of them will never earn a good salary. I find it not more than reasonable that students pay part of their studies themselves. It's tough but fair.

Knittin' Kitten, is it possible to get a job? You really should start eating better than this, Michelle's right.

16 Nov 22:13
your body can handle it now, but in ten years you will be wishing you ate better

17 Nov 00:08
My boyfriend got a 30,000 loan for a 6 month school. It had a 100% job placement and it STILL took him almost 2 months to get a job. Poor guy has to pay 300 a month now for the stupid loan....
Is it worth it?? God, I hope so...

17 Nov 00:10
My university costs about $25,000 a year, and my books have ranged from $100-750 a semester. Luckily I got a lot of scholarships so that I do not have to pay it myself.

And also:
Eh, on a vegetarian diet the most important things you need to make sure you get are protein, iron, Omega-3 and B12.
Eggs and dairy products are both good sources of B12 (that's more of a vegan worry), but if you do only eat what you listed here you aren't getting the other nutrients. I would suggest maybe getting spinach instead of lettuce, as it's packed with vitamins and minerals-namely iron, and then maybe getting canned beans, which are pretty cheap and can last you a while. This will satisfy your protein and a lot of other necessary nutrients. Omega-3 is an essential fatty acid, which means that your body needs it, but cannot manufacture it on its own. It's frequently overlooked in the vegetarian/vegan diet, but is really important to good health. A lot of places that sell vitamins have it in the form of capsules of flax seed oil (instead of fish oil, which is how it's normally taken), but if you do not want to go out and get them, you can just get flax seeds instead. If you eat those things, you'll also get other important vitamins and minerals that you may be losing out on, but like I said, those are usually the most neglected or essential.
Sorry for such a long-winded answer, I've had to prove my knowledge of my meat-free diet many times to prove that I am consuming a healthy balance of foods.

17 Nov 00:45
thats great kari, and great advice