I didn’t..

I was homeschooled, after i got married i enrolled in ashworth university online but my family talked me out of it and i canceled it.. (they didn't want me to go in debt (60k a semester) and also i aimed to take psychology and they lady they knew who was in that line of work was very depressed/traumatized because of her job) the school actually refunded my deposit and wrote me a nice letter about being welcome as a student there.. idk if i should or shouldn't have quit my attempts of online studies but i did; i also had previously quit my html studies as a teen at the local tech school which was funded by a local government program for youth and would have been free at the time but i was mostly doing all the work by myself as the teacher was with all the other students who were working in computer building instead of programing.. i thought “i could do all this at home by myself” plus this one guy in class kept staring at me. I just quit.. i guess i could have studied if i had had the book at home but i didn't..

I heard there were some places that offer free classes and studies out there but i never really looked into it .. a lot of people are in debt these days and college fees and expenses are insanely high $$$$$$ and interest is super high on debts these days too but that’s another matter (conversation) the high debt economy..

It was a Uni course done through TAFE at the time. I worked full time night shift at a Gas Station and paid each course as they came.

Worked hard and paid each semester out of pocket i took one loan for first semester my economics instructor made us calculate our college loan payment if we take loansa out and financially would you be better to fo to school 6 yrs and graduate with no debt or 4 years with a college loan...

The college loan then would have been the same as a 3000 sq ft out.

There were no tuition fees. I got a grant for living costs, though this reduced through the three years bcause my father was unemployed when I first went to Uni.

Most of the best educational system of my country is public.
I worked since very young to pay my bills other than free education.

A combination of working part-time jobs and help from my parents. They never asked, but before I retired, I was able to pay them back.

I worked two jobs > one paid for half my tuition. I never took out loans and instead opted for the very slow route of night school (at the time online classes were not available).

I signed a contract in blood with the Great Deceiver. In return for my first class degree in Pure Maths he reserves the right to take possession of my eternal soul at a time and place of his choosing.

I also worked in the student union bar to cover weekly food bills.

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Worked part-time and full time on weekends and holidays.

My parents paid for it.

Parents did + I got scholarships.

pell grants, work study job, working in the summers, and loans... and i paid all the loans back.

With cash, I paid my way though with job. That was back when cars were mostly stick shift

My education was free

My parents did. Except for college. I never went to college.

It was free.

I didn't pay anything for my education.

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