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By N2H

Pay for College by Electronic Panhandling

College students are always looking for more money for school. Most students finance their education through student loans and grants, others work as they go to school. One student has come up with a new idea, electronic panhandling.

At http://pay4college.info/ you will find a single webpage that starts out, “Please Help.” A student identifying himself as Sean is asking you to help him pay for his education.

“Hi, my name is Sean and I’m a poor college student. I currently work and go to school at the same time. I’m studying Anthropology in Arizona. I’m currently working on my Bachelors Degree at two schools, Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. I need your help.

According to a report done in 2008 by the non-profit organization College Board, the cost of paying for a four year degree is between $14,333 and $34,132. These prices go up every year. This doesn’t include other non-important things like food. It gets worse if you have to pay the interest on a student loan. There are grants and scholarships available but they are on average $2000. That kind of money helps but it is not enough to pay for College

This is where you come into it. You can give me your money. Let’s say that I’m going to the cheapest 4 year school and every person who visits this page donates a dollar. This means I would only need 14,000 people to give me one dollar. There is currently 1,668,870,408 people using the internet. I’m sure there is at least 14,000 to 35,000 kind hearted people out there. Imagine if a couple of them gave more than a dollar. I could graduate college without owing a dime. My future would look pretty bright, if only people would be willing to help. Please, help me go to college. Give whatever you can. The goal is $35,000. I will keep a monthly tally of the money given to me. Please help now.”
Sean

His approach might be crude and humorous, but at least his is honest. I guess it beats annoying people for a handout as they come out of the corner store.

As of today, one person has donated to Sean. My question to you is, are you “kind hearted” enough to donate to him? Please leave your comments.