Lord of the Castle

If you want to know what kind of economic model is being taught to our children, buy college textbooks. It is legalized theft!
The universities and the NY textbook publishers have been steadily working for years to eliminate parent’s options and create a monopoly.
You think I am exaggerating?
Enough parents complained that Congress addressed the problem through legistlation [...]

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We drove into Philadelphia today to visit Drexel.
First, we took some paperwork to the admissions office to complete my son’s file..
“Oh, we don’t get those.”
“Who does?”
“The athletic department.”
Over to the athletic department…
“Oh, these go to admissions…”
I decided to make sure that everyone and his brother had a full set because it is a long way [...]

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In a few hours, my wife and I will take the next big step toward the next season in our life.
This trip will be a family reunion, a 50 year birthday celebration (mine), scouting out the new land, a fond farewell, a moving party (Kimba), with a little tourism (NY City on 9/9/09) and a political protest [...]

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My daughter started school this week. She is going to be pretty busy this year.
She has 6 classes at the high school, her Great Books class on the Internet, will be mentoring incoming freshman and working two jobs!
We decided that she could continue work at the restaurant Wednesday (because school doesn’t start until 8:30 on Thursday [...]

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My youngest daughter is turning into quite the little “go-getter.” As soon as school ended, she realized that she would have to take start taking all of the standardized college tests (SAT, ACT) in the Fall.
If she wanted to do well on them, she would have to know Algebra and Chemistry. The problem is that she was [...]

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I received another call while I was on the phone with Chief Renegade…
It was a young lady calling from the high school. She was calling to see what size “Senior page” I wanted?
Senior page???
“Oh, do you mean those 1/2 page or full page ads in the back of the yearbook?”
“Yes.”
“No. We’re not interested. Thank you.”
She [...]

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Although we haven’t heard from the Financial Aid Committee concerning our appeal, we made the final decision today.
Big A is going to Drexel!
We sent in the housing deposit and scheduled vacation time in September for the big trip to New Jersey/Philadelphia.
I called the Baker University wrestling coach with the bad news. I think he already [...]

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I wanted to stop so, so badly.
After my 60th climb up the stairs, I was tired…pooped.
Man, were the excuses flowing…”I worked so hard yesterday…I’m almost 50 years old…”
But the work had to get done…today. What am I going to do, let my wife and kids do it???
So, I pressed on.
My son and daughter did too. [...]

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There are times when you just need to keep trying…
The letter of appeal is getting closer to being a finished product.  I still need to write the opening paragraph.
I think that it has been good for my son to witness the process. The finished product might make it look like magic, or that the writer [...]

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How do you ask someone to give you money?
That is what I have to do.
Fortunately, I haven’t had much practice at it. I say fortunately because I have not needed to ask for money very often.
Drexel is offering to give my son $23,900 in grants and scholarships. That is fantastic. No one offered me anything [...]

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