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To: Andrew who wrote (9037)	3/31/2006 2:59:53 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37271

Government student loans be forgiven for students that finish their degree. Students from Ontario who remain in Ontario to live after their graduation will be forgiven 50% of each years payment of their student loans as a grant for remaining in Ontario. Students leaving Ontario will be required to repay the entire loan.

To: Andrew who wrote (9037)	3/31/2006 3:05:14 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37271

I paid mine and my wife's ... do I get a retroactive credit :o) I may have a problem when you get to the larger loans like doctors etc.. Better refunds for better grades ? I think the lower education level is sadly lacking.... or misguided or something... My daughter is basically an A student with a few goofs each term.. (Then again she skis, snow boards skates 3 times a week, does Sunday school, helps out with teaching skating, working on becoming a lifeguard.. etc etc... so I cut her some slack :O) She has between accepted to a school for the Arts in Toronto so the French immersion will not continue for her. When she starts grade 9 next year she will be enrolled in grade 10 French... I find it hard to imagine that a good student from grade 8 French immersion only merits one bump in grade level... is regular French instruction that superlative ? ;o) Al

To: Andrew who wrote (9037)	4/2/2006 3:57:34 AM
From: SofaSpud	Respond to of 37271

I'm breaking my own rule here about posting before I get to the end of the thread, so cut me some slack if I'm anticipating some future posts. As far as post-secondary ed. goes, why don't we consider employability? The existing infrastructure is clogged up -- maybe it's time we considered how many sociologists, anthropoligists, and ed. psych majors we really need? We all know that the ball was dropped, big time, in the early 90s when the powers that be in their wisdom decided that we were going to have a glut of family doctors, and accordingly cut back on the number of spaces. As it stands, you can walk in and take up as much space as a sociologist as a bio major. Personally I know where I would like the resources allocated.