If you are smart enough to go to college, you are smart enough to figure out a way to pay for it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ventura suggests that intelligence should enable individuals to find ways to fund their own college education.
- In plain terms
- Smart people should figure out how to pay for college themselves.
- What can you take from it?
- Take personal responsibility for funding your education if you have the ability.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What options do you have to fund your education?
- Is financial aid truly accessible to everyone?
Another view
This ignores systemic barriers like low income or lack of access to financial resources.
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