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Nay

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1. I can think of quite a few reasons, actually.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 22, 2017, 07:16 AM

Jun 2017

No (or unreliable) transportation

A student still has to keep a roof over her head, so she works -- if the classes are in the daytime and she works all day,
well. . . .

Many people shoulder the entire burden of chores at home and also work full time, so there's no time for studying or classes

And finally, a thing I heard all over the South as I was growing up, from fathers of boys: "I went in the military, and if it was good enough for me, it's good enough for him!!@^%$#&*!!"

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