Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Colorado Student Pays for Tuition in 14,000 $1 bills

This is not a watch related post but I thought this was worth mentioning because it is relevant to me. Please refer to the link below to watch the video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12216545

As a college student, I have seen the price of tuition increase every year. During my freshman year of school, 15 hours cost just over $4,000 dollars per semester. I just paid for my spring semester tuition and ended up paying $4,400 dollars for 12 hours.

A student at Colorado did this act to protest to the state of Colorado how ridiculous the price of tuition has become, so he went to his local bank and got $14,000 dollars worth of $1 bills and paid for it.

Yes, they had to count every one.
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34 comments:

  1. -ITW-January 18, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    I applaud him for his actions.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    I think the better topic is WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH WATCHES!?!?

    I kidd, I hate how colleges are just slowly ripping of people for lower quality education. Really disgusting if you ask me...

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  3. thegoldenchildJanuary 18, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    loool. good for the students. damn tuition.

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  4. DorgeeJanuary 18, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    Great move.

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  5. LarissaJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    My first thought while reading this was "Damn, they can pay by cash?" At my school, we have to pay by bank transfer.

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  6. AaronJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    Yeah, it is the ever-increasing student debt that keeps us working our dead-end jobs just to pay off that debt that we racked up in order to get the dead end job.

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  7. JordanJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    lmao i wonder how long it took to count all that they probly had every employee counting a seperate stack

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  8. angryguywalkingJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Any recommendations for what watch should I buy for a range of 80-110$?

    Thanks bro

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  9. GnoJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    lol strong trolling

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  10. watchmanJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    @ angrywalkingguy

    sport or dress?

    You are limited to stuff like sturhlings, casio gshocks, invictas and seikos in that price range.

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  11. JanelleJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    lololol! this is very funny!

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  12. ChrisJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    Ballsy, but respectable.

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  13. Lose Fat RapidlyJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Fucking sick move by the student. Fuck college and their high $$ tuition $$

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  14. beyondhiphopJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    hahahahahahaha thats awesome.

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  15. arshigtxJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    haha thats pretty funny bro

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  16. BCI NetworkJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    i wonder if he made them count it by hand

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  17. VaporJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    That is awesome!

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  18. BCI NetworkJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    and if he brought it in a suit case lol

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  19. Ashley McKayJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Truly like a boss. Btw- Was the student a stripper?

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  20. SkimJimJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    nice! just added you btw

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    He should have went more extreme and pay in pennies rofl!!!

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  22. Aaron The BaronJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    lol that's pretty damn great, only I would've done it with pennies ;D


    [here's my blog in case anyone's interested :3 http://lifeofbaron.blogspot.com just random thoughts about things i find interesting]

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  23. watchmanJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    @ ashley

    dunno. Does he look like one? I hope not (no homo)

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  24. JordanJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    Ballz he has http://beastlynutrition.blogspot.com/

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  25. UnknownJanuary 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    epic win

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  26. AdaJanuary 19, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    This guy is an amazing troll. As an international student we're already paying through the nose, so fee hikes REALLY gouge us for all we're worth.

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  27. BBJanuary 19, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    Good for him. You aren't paying for education. You're paying for the greedy teachers and administration. It's gotten out of hand.

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  28. PikamitsuJanuary 19, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    Ha HAAAAAAAA!! This is the best example of protesting and sticking it to the man that I could possibly think of. Kudos to this man!

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  29. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    Way to stick it to um

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  30. Suciô SanchezJanuary 19, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    We should all pay our tax bills the same way. The banking system would collapse.

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  31. DooJanuary 19, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Dear god, so many bills :D

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  32. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    Brilliant. XD

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  33. balmain hommeJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    How the hell did he carry that many bills?

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  34. red fredJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    Cool story

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