Published October 24, 2009

Grants save college careers chat

By Don Davis, Worthington Daily Globe

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Lisa A.
Windom, MN     10/25/2009 11:04 AM

I went to tech school on a Pell grant. I had no idea what I wanted to do, so I listened to my mom who said, "if you can type, you can get a job". I took a secretarial class. Today I'm an office manager and business owner. We were dirt poor growing up and without that grant I would have never been able to attend school or give my child the fairly comfortable life that she had. I'm glad the gov't increased the awarded amount, I only hope that the kids who take advantage of the grant understand and appreciate that the taxpayer is counting on them to make the most of it.

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college l.
Latham, NY     10/24/2009 1:36 PM

Increasing the Pell grant award amounts was long overdue, but the requirements to keep receiving these awards should have been increased as well. Congress has an obligation to see that taxpayers' money is well-spent.

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brian g.
Fulda, MN     10/24/2009 9:00 AM

In 1984 I got a pell grant to go to school to be a Restaurant Manager. Once I got out into the real working world I hated being a restaurant manager. I have done many things since then, mostly factory and warehouse work. I will admit that my pell grant was wasted. I wonder how many other pell grants are wasted? If it would have been my own money I would have been a lot less likely to waste the grant and apply myself to my chosen career harder. It is my personal experience that if you give people something they do not take care of it very well or appreciate it as much if they buy it themselves. At the very least, Education Grants need to be tied to academic achievement and good grades/class attendance.

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