The Importance Of Being Paid In College

The tuition is not the only thing that makes college expensive. Coming from high school where I walked to school and was given free lunch, I find myself now spending money daily. During the peak heat of the summer is when I make most of my money due to my jobs being seasonal and I am able to coast through the winter without working, but that is only because I live cheaply in the winter months. Now that I am spending more I will have to pay more attention to my money and create a budget. It is important to start tracking my money, showing my savings account more attention, packing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches instead of Taco Bell and making friends help with gas. To prevent stress maybe I will try to work over the winter. The most important
part of chapter 8 is the on campus work. I already knew about the work but I did not know about the Federal Work-Study and now I will have to apply before next semester. Even though I received the Presidential Scholarship and some from Federal Pell Grants, I still expect to pay around $10,000 on my own. I am starting to run out of Reflection material, so I am going to rant a little about what the chapter fails to prepare students for: textbooks. At the beginning of the year I was blown away by the prices of the textbooks, but I figured it was my first year and I should try to be the best student I can be so I bought the books. Now, not only have I not opened but I do not know where my Algebra book, Chemistry book, nor Sociology book are and I am doing well in all my classes. Next semester I will wait until it is absolutely needed, but then I will either split the price of the book with someone and scan the pages or I will just share.