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Written by Annie from Canetoad on 2025-01-24 at 13:45

@spaf

You do understand that you’ve just performed a “well, actually” on me, with the pure-hearted intention of being “helpful,” right?

You’ve assumed our sample size was small, and that Purdue’s reputation and intellectual offerings are all my son could want. Or that Purdue’s location—in Indiana—would not be problematic to a young adult with a strong commitment to human rights.

Finally, when schools say they have “many mechanisms” for “offsetting” tuition, they’re usually offering a wider and riskier variety of loan options, not better scholarships, grants or work-study opportunities.

These are not the economic times to be saddling 20-somethings with enormous debt that only serves to turn them into wage slaves. Nor would I ask my son to betray his core values and move to a state that has acted to remove civil liberties and the bodily autonomy of women.

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