Comments on: The poignant, poignant pain of eating on $225 a month http://blog.snappingturtle.net/archives/1245 Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen! Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paul http://blog.snappingturtle.net/archives/1245/comment-page-1#comment-42607 Paul Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:42 +0000 http://blog.snappingturtle.net/?p=1245#comment-42607 What morons! Speaking as a 40-something professional who brought a homemade (gasp) sandwich to work today (OK, I am admittedly cheap, plus it was good), I have very, very, very limited sympathy for this nonsense. I also think that it's a good character-building (and time-honored) tradition for students to live below the poverty line - as distinct, in fairness, from graduating with crushing debts. The Star may be trying to have some fun letting these narcissists make fools of themselves in their own words, although I'm not sure the paper is that sophisticated... What morons! Speaking as a 40-something professional who brought a homemade (gasp) sandwich to work today (OK, I am admittedly cheap, plus it was good), I have very, very, very limited sympathy for this nonsense.

I also think that it’s a good character-building (and time-honored) tradition for students to live below the poverty line – as distinct, in fairness, from graduating with crushing debts.

The Star may be trying to have some fun letting these narcissists make fools of themselves in their own words, although I’m not sure the paper is that sophisticated…

]]> By: Catharine http://blog.snappingturtle.net/archives/1245/comment-page-1#comment-42595 Catharine Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:40:43 +0000 http://blog.snappingturtle.net/?p=1245#comment-42595 The Star intones dramatrically that, "the only sandwich Rachel Crane can afford is home-made." Home-made sandwiches! It is hard to imagine such a state of culinary deprivation. I'm with you, More Coffee -- there's lots to criticize in the OSAP system, but giving students $225/month for food isn't top of my list. For that you could eat very nicely indeed...assuming access to a kitchen, of course. A freezer would help, too. The Star intones dramatrically that, “the only sandwich Rachel Crane can afford is home-made.”

Home-made sandwiches! It is hard to imagine such a state of culinary deprivation.

I’m with you, More Coffee — there’s lots to criticize in the OSAP system, but giving students $225/month for food isn’t top of my list. For that you could eat very nicely indeed…assuming access to a kitchen, of course. A freezer would help, too.

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