And like many families, the time has come to send our son to study abroad, because he wanted to and because his decision coincides with our modest possibilities. Throughout his life, from a very young age, insisting on the need to train himself in whatever he likes or his vocation, but it is not easy to realize it, whether or not he has the ability to save, especially if the chosen university or vocation center it is far from the place of residence, as in the case of the Canary Islands.
A capital odyssey finds an apartment in Madrid. It is not a one-off event, I have come across several fathers and mothers who have found themselves with this same monumental mess of difficult solution, for the lack of housing, for the leonine conditions that some owners want to impose, which ask for two, three and more months in advance, apart from the deposit, from intermediaries who want to make the most of an urgent request and exorbitant prices, always above a thousand euros per month plus services. Not to mention tuition and maintenance costs, books and computers, to name the basics, be it a public or private university.
Even having the money and the apartment located, you can catch some other surprises. It happened to an acquaintance who paid the rent for an apartment in Tenerife and it turned out to be a scam. Neither apartment nor money and the student in the air at the first change.
In my case our family, after research and research, can say that we were lucky and that we found a landlord who had a direct reference from us and from him we had a direct reference, which allowed us to conclude the contract in extremis with the highest level of confidence.
My parents told me that the best investment is education and every day I am more convinced of it. If it is sometimes difficult to find a job by presenting a curriculum with studies, without training and without command of languages, entering the job market is almost a utopia.
I am happy that neighboring families think the same way, that they see the studio as a productive investment and not a snobbish expense of pure imitation. Investing in study is a commitment to knowledge that allows you, in addition to producing and earning a living, to discern, think, criticize, give your opinion, be free, that freedom that we so much demand that is spoiled by ignorance. It is not a mortgage to buy bricks, it is an investment to help personal and social growth, which is no small thing.
It’s a sacrifice that’s worth it if the kids know what’s at stake and what they’re playing for. There are also those who go to the U to warm seats, check cell phones or just to please their parents or haggle over what they will say, bad business. Each person has an individual responsibility and will have to answer for it, and therefore there will be little room to redirect and, at present, less and less. Students, at the canteen, at the study, is the way. Show that the sacrifice of families is worth it, and a lot.
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