send a foster child to school
a young teenage girl just asked me for money to send her to school because she is a foster child. in order for her to be eligible for the cash, she has to maintain a 2.0. if she doesn't, i get my money back. just a 2.0? i'm sorry but i can't support that. i was not one of those people who had it easy in school, i always had to study my butt off. i never cut school in high school, i never went out before an exam in college. i still never went out before an exam in grad school. and no, my gpa was not spectacular, but it was good enough to get me where i need to go. it takes barely any effort to make a 2.0 - and you want me to give you money for that? in addition, there are scholarship and state grant programs for foster kids. of course i know i am lucky to have my parents support me for school. however i also knew so many people in undergrad and grad school who got scholarship, grants, financial aid, student loans - there are so many ways to get yourself to college and even grad school if you really want it. i got student loans also for grad school, take advantage of the low interest rates!
and - she is out on a school night! she should be home studying and aiming for at LEAST a 3.5 instead of a measly 2.0. plus, how is she going to raise enough money going door to door like this. i'm sure there are more effective ways of earning money. and her pitch was horrible too - just something she rehearsed so much and she just let the words fall out of her mouth so quickly i couldn't even understand most of what she said because she seemed like she just wanted to get through as many houses as possible.
i told her to study harder and get a 3.5. is that mean? i can't help it! a 2.0? cmon!
posted by melsybo @ 5:25 PM
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sounds like a scam to me.
hmm. Maybe it IS a scam. Cuz where does the money go if the kid DOESN'T get a 2.0? To the school? But to sponsor a child by donating a few bucks to be held by the school in a sort of trust, in order to motivate the kid into attending school, that's a pretty cool idea. Maybe GPA isn't a good way to do it. Maybe they should hold a couple of bucks for perfect attendance.
well i'm not sure if it's a scam or not. in principle it sounds good - support a kid for college for getting good grades. only the measure of good grades is not very high. also if they don't make the grade, i think the money gets returned to you.
as for perfect attendance, i don't think that's hard to do either. it doesn't take any effort to show up to class and fall asleep.
i'd still rather they get higher grades than a perfect attendance. then i would feel better knowing they could get into a college that's more worth the money.
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