http://www.canajunfinances.com/2005/08/29/back-to-school/ Personal Finances and Consumer Concerns, essays, stories, examples and how to articles with a distinctly Canadian Point of View Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.canajunfinances.com/2005/08/29/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Expense Rant: "Public" School? Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:01:19 +0000 http://www.canajunfinances.com/?p=122#comment-1946 [...] Rant: "Public" School? So I have ranted about how much money I have to fork out every September and then throughout the school year for my supposedly “free” public [...] [...] Rant: "Public" School? So I have ranted about how much money I have to fork out every September and then throughout the school year for my supposedly “free” public [...]

]]> http://www.canajunfinances.com/2005/08/29/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-107 SOH Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:09:00 +0000 http://www.canajunfinances.com/?p=122#comment-107 Only $700 for an instrument. Must be a clarinet or flute. Two saxophone players here and each instrument was more than $1200. then there are reeds and yearly tune ups.....wait until your little darling drops, bangs and bumps the instrument (and they all do).<br/>Next year we send the first to university and although we have saved a big chunk, it still won't cover costs for two in uni or any post graduate work. I think we'll look to start a big fight and disownment...at least them they can get a grant ;-) Only $700 for an instrument. Must be a clarinet or flute. Two saxophone players here and each instrument was more than $1200. then there are reeds and yearly tune ups…..wait until your little darling drops, bangs and bumps the instrument (and they all do).
Next year we send the first to university and although we have saved a big chunk, it still won’t cover costs for two in uni or any post graduate work. I think we’ll look to start a big fight and disownment…at least them they can get a grant

]]> http://www.canajunfinances.com/2005/08/29/back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-106 My (Jay's) Financial Blog Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:51:00 +0000 http://www.canajunfinances.com/?p=122#comment-106 School supplies are killer. I just started college this year and boughtmy textbooks -- they originally cost me nearly 500$, but I was lucky to find someone who tookt he course last year...saving me over $380 School supplies are killer. I just started college this year and boughtmy textbooks — they originally cost me nearly 500$, but I was lucky to find someone who tookt he course last year…saving me over $380

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