Friday, 1 October 2010

How to finance a post-secondary education

E-mailFrom Thursday's Globe and MailPublished Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 6:30AM EDTLast updated Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 4:15PM EDT12 commentsEmailTweetPrintDecrease text sizeIncrease text size

Aside from the long-term financial benefits of a post-secondary education, the life experiences acquired along the way will shape the perspectives and potential of tomorrow’s leaders.

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A friend of mine attended a college in Claremont, Calif., back in 1996. At that time he was part of a class project working to develop an alternative manure-based fuel supply for Guatemalans in a village where firewood was scarce. In order to produce realistic, village-based waste, my friend was instructed to eat only beans, rice and tortillas for a week. Unfortunately, the diet made him constipated and the project was scrapped when it couldn’t be finished by the due date.

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