jsprplc2006
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I've been attending a fairly decent university for the last 3 years. I won't say which one, but it's in the top 100 in the world. My tuition is approximately $6,200 US per year, plus books, and the university's annual budget is over $1 billion US; it's a big, secular school. While my parents were willing to pay for any tuition I couldn't earn over the summer, it was implied that I work full-time (40 hrs/wk) for 4 months during the summer. If not required by my parents, I do it out of decency - it takes a hell of a loser to suck their parents' pockets dry to go to school, and then spend 4 months on your ass while you're able to work.
My younger brother (by 3 years) is now starting university, and he's decided to attend a religious institution, which by law cannot receive government funding. Because of this, his tuition is approximately $16,500 US per year plus books. It is a much smaller school, with no international reputation whatsoever. Just as with myself, my parents are willing to pay whatever he cannot earn over the summer. He only has 3 months of summer this year, as the high school year is longer than a university year, and yet is not working full time. He's putting in maybe 24 hours a week at a retail store, while I've been busting my balls for the last three years getting the highest paying job I can get with my skill set.
Basically, I'm pissed off that:
- My brother's education is of comparitively inferior quality, yet costs 3 times as much.
- I'm working hard to pay for my education, and my brother is not.
To make matters worse, my parents are religious, my brother is religious, and although I have the same upbringing, I am not. I think religions do more harm than good, and simply aren't true. So there's the added possibility that my parents are picking favorites just because my brother buys into the same ridiculous dogma they do.
How do I keep this from getting the best of me? I'm mainly upset that my brother doesn't have the decency to earn as much money as possible, and is instead laying around the house playing computer games all summer. AND, my parents don't seem to have a problem with it, despite his education costing way more than mine.
My younger brother (by 3 years) is now starting university, and he's decided to attend a religious institution, which by law cannot receive government funding. Because of this, his tuition is approximately $16,500 US per year plus books. It is a much smaller school, with no international reputation whatsoever. Just as with myself, my parents are willing to pay whatever he cannot earn over the summer. He only has 3 months of summer this year, as the high school year is longer than a university year, and yet is not working full time. He's putting in maybe 24 hours a week at a retail store, while I've been busting my balls for the last three years getting the highest paying job I can get with my skill set.
Basically, I'm pissed off that:
- My brother's education is of comparitively inferior quality, yet costs 3 times as much.
- I'm working hard to pay for my education, and my brother is not.
To make matters worse, my parents are religious, my brother is religious, and although I have the same upbringing, I am not. I think religions do more harm than good, and simply aren't true. So there's the added possibility that my parents are picking favorites just because my brother buys into the same ridiculous dogma they do.
How do I keep this from getting the best of me? I'm mainly upset that my brother doesn't have the decency to earn as much money as possible, and is instead laying around the house playing computer games all summer. AND, my parents don't seem to have a problem with it, despite his education costing way more than mine.