Re: Another inept Bush pal leaves FEMA

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

cctvbahamas@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> i went to college in NY and i had to pay triple what residents did ..
> and ofcourse us foreignors get no assistance when it comes to paying
> for college... from our gov or yours, locally or there ;-)

Your problem was that you were here legally.

>
> Bahamians that go "away" to college in the US normally have what we
> would call "rich" parents (hmmm, lets see, money made from ripping off
> the poor!), though alot of times it can also be scholarships, and even
> religious colleges (i think they charge less?). I went to a Community
> college and  was still more than I could afford .. dropped out after 1
> semester .. too expensive for my blood  :-)   Basically  unless you can
> legally work for money (eg have family there, etc) or have money
> already, its impossible for a bahamian to go away to college, plenty do
> though .. we just pay out our ass .. and our local college is a joke.
> spent 2 years there going to te beach and drinking all day!
>