After reading this story called "Bricklayer's Boy," seemed like it had a lot about what I am going through in college.  After going through college and paying boat loads of money for an education that will benefit you, it seems like you are broke.  Having this education does benefit you in the end because you will get a successful paying job that pays well.  I envy the father in this story for going back to school at such an old age.  I know that I couldn't go back and get an education that I always dreamed of, if I was that old.  Having grown up in a household of four girls, my parents werent going to pay a dime for my education because there is no way they could do it for all of us.  I had to get a job and pay for my own tuition and books.  I am grateful and fortunate for my parents to chip in and help me through it all