SCOTUS

[Soccermom]

This might shock people, but you can get a four year degree for less than $50k in tuition, fees and books in Texas. It’s actually quite easy to do. Just lay in state tuition. You can even go much cheaper if you do an associates at a local community college before spending the last two years at a university.

Having gone through this three times with kids, college is marketed as an “experience” more than a way to get an education. Kids want to go to a different place or state, and that costs a lot of money. If kids took the approach of college being an investment rather than an experience then that would solve a number of problems.

You can do the same in CA. A four year CSU in-state tuition is $7K/year. So tuition, fees, books all can be well under $50. The real problem arises with rent prices. And if you want to attend a UC, tuition is $14k and rents will be higher near a lot of the UCs. I think it is housing that is killer. The one thing in CA that is nice is community college is free for some income groups, and if it is not free, it is inexpensive and students can live at home have a job for two years, then if they really want to attend a UC, they can tag into a UC after two years at a CC with more chance of admission into their dream school than applying right out of high school. Also saving $28k in tuition plus probably about that much in rent. I am not sure why more students/families do not go that route. "The four year experience" is cited by a lot of them. My daughter sees college as more of an investment. She did not get into the UC of her dreams and did not want to settle for the UCs she could have attended so she went the community college route and intends to tag into a dream UC. The sad thing is when she graduates and applies to law school it will be expensive. Tuition is so high even for in state law schools here. If she's smart she will go to BYU Law. She'll get a better education for a much lower cost and be very prepared to work in whatever state she wants, so coming back to CA would not be too hard.

[All-American]

You can do the same in CA. A four year CSU in-state tuition is $7K/year. So tuition, fees, books all can be well under $50. The real problem arises with rent prices. And if you want to attend a UC, tuition is $14k and rents will be higher near a lot of the UCs. I think it is housing that is killer. The one thing in CA that is nice is community college is free for some income groups, and if it is not free, it is inexpensive and students can live at home have a job for two years, then if they really want to attend a UC, they can tag into a UC after two years at a CC with more chance of admission into their dream school than applying right out of high school. Also saving $28k in tuition plus probably about that much in rent. I am not sure why more students/families do not go that route. "The four year experience" is cited by a lot of them. My daughter sees college as more of an investment. She did not get into the UC of her dreams and did not want to settle for the UCs she could have attended so she went the community college route and intends to tag into a dream UC. The sad thing is when she graduates and applies to law school it will be expensive. Tuition is so high even for in state law schools here. If she's smart she will go to BYU Law. She'll get a better education for a much lower cost and be very prepared to work in whatever state she wants, so coming back to CA would not be too hard.

If she’s REALLY smart she’ll stay away from law altogether.

[Northwestcoug]

If she’s REALLY smart she’ll stay away from law altogether.

Jaded lawyer career posts seem more palatable than medical career ones, but they still hit the spot in a sort of schadenfreude way.

[Soccermom]

If she’s REALLY smart she’ll stay away from law altogether.

Ha ha. Tried to steer her to computer science. She is good at that. But she wants to do family law. Glutton for punishment I guess ha ha.

[beefytee]

Ha ha. Tried to steer her to computer science. She is good at that. But she wants to do family law. Glutton for punishment I guess ha ha.

Smart mom. There’s demand for female programmers and in the engineering field (ask UT). Lot of the big tech companies are looking specifically for females.

[BigFatMeanie]

Smart mom. There’s demand for female programmers and in the engineering field (ask UT). Lot of the big tech companies are looking specifically for females.

Not any more thanks to SCOTUS!!!

[Copelius]

Not any more thanks to SCOTUS!!!

Thanks for bringing the thread back around.

[Commando]

Ha ha. Tried to steer her to computer science. She is good at that. But she wants to do family law. Glutton for punishment I guess ha ha.

NOOOOO. I did family law for a while when I was first starting out since I was a certified mediator right out of law school. It SUCKS. The clients are the worst and the pay is not worth it at all. Yes I would love to be on edge and in the middle of a fight at all times. It's like participating in court-sanctioned bickering. Filing motions for an order to show cause because Dad was late dropping off the kids three times in a row. Sorry Funk. (do you still practice family law?)

I do hear from family attorneys who have fulfilling practices mainly focusing on adoptions and so forth, but that's really a niche practice area that would take a lot of extra work to crack.

[Northwestcoug]

For all the RVing in Walmart parking lots Thomas loves, he sure gets lucky with the benefits of a much more lavish lifestyle:

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[MartyFunkhouser]

NOOOOO. I did family law for a while when I was first starting out since I was a certified mediator right out of law school. It SUCKS. The clients are the worst and the pay is not worth it at all. Yes I would love to be on edge and in the middle of a fight at all times. It's like participating in court-sanctioned bickering. Filing motions for an order to show cause because Dad was late dropping off the kids three times in a row. Sorry Funk. (do you still practice family law?)

I do hear from family attorneys who have fulfilling practices mainly focusing on adoptions and so forth, but that's really a niche practice area that would take a lot of extra work to crack.

It is almost all I do.

[frank ryan]

For all the RVing in Walmart parking lots Thomas loves, he sure gets lucky with the benefits of a much more lavish lifestyle:

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This seems totally normal and that it would have no impact on the recipients actions.

[Bo Diddley]

SCOTUS rules in favor of the White House against the State of Texas. Federal agents can cut the wire GOV Abbott ordered to be put up. John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett voted with the other three liberal justices.

[Applejack]

SCOTUS rules in favor of the White House against the State of Texas. Federal agents can cut the wire GOV Abbott ordered to be put up. John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett voted with the other three liberal justices.

[Bo Diddley]

[Commando]

I thought this was an easy decision, but what do I know, since 4 justices voted against? States meddling in national security affairs.