Presents, what did you get?

[Archem]

Haven't you been watching the news? I mean, I haven't, but that doesn't mean this **** doesn't leak into my media stream somehow.

[Zerlina]

Just googled it. That's really unfortunate. We have a problem with tuition fees here too. http://www.nupge.ca/content/3580/tuition-fee-increase-more-double-inflation-rate

[Dragonium]

Thankfully I won't be hit by the tuition fee increases (unless I do a Master's) because I started before the cut-off point, but there's still the fact that student maintenance loans do not cover living costs no matter how cheaply you try to live. It just can't be done. So yeah, any money helps dig me out of my overdraft.

[Zerlina]

In the UK do you have to pay back the gov't money? In Ontario the government can give you OSAP (assistance) but you have to pay it back with interest. In contrast to the U.S. our fees are really not that bad (to be honest I don't know how Americans can afford University- my cousins' family had to take a second mortgage just to pay off their kids' education). But even so, our students are still scraping by with nothing and usually graduate thousands of dollars in debt to the government.

[drenrin2120]

American students can't afford the debt they incur through federal student loans plus the interest rates. Its pretty insane.

[Bluhman]

I got through the wonderous power of capitalism:

-An electronic keyboard. Whee.
-FL studio. Whee.
-House of the Dead for Wii. Whee.
-A canteen with cheesy robots on it. Whee.
-Pocky 'n Haichu. Whee.
-A USB version of the NES controler. WheeISTILLWANTANXBOX360CONTROLLERDAMMIT.

[Dragonium]

In the UK do you have to pay back the gov't money? In Ontario the government can give you OSAP (assistance) but you have to pay it back with interest. In contrast to the U.S. our fees are really not that bad (to be honest I don't know how Americans can afford University- my cousins' family had to take a second mortgage just to pay off their kids' education). But even so, our students are still scraping by with nothing and usually graduate thousands of dollars in debt to the government.

Yeah, we have to pay it back once we start earning a certain income (I think it's £16,000 a year, which is practically nothing with today's costs). And yes, we end up with craploads of debt too. By the end of these three years I could be owing up to £20,000, which is pretty unpleasant.

[Linkizcool]

I got a 500 gig hard drive, a cd, chocolate, racing gloves and some wood.

Then someone donated even better wood for free! But I have to use it in my research.

EDIT: About tuition...I'm fairly lucky, as I attend a school in my city, so I don't have to pay for a dorm. There is, however, this new copyright fee increase being planned which will quadruple subscription costs to journals and the like, which will of course be passed down to the students. So in a few years most Canadian schools can expect a fairly large tuition fee increase.

[Archem]

I forgot about my sweet-*** hat that I've been wearing all day. It cost a dollar.

[fruckert]

i haz a tablet

Also, the rest of the money that I need to get a PS3.

[Fortet]

Scrubs Seasons 1 & 2
Inception
Avatar 3 Disc Collector's Edition
Family Guy Star Wars: It's a Trap!
Glee The Music: Vol. 4 & The Christmas Album
$100 in Old Navy Gift Cards
$25 Movie Theater Gift Card
$20 Subway Restaurant Gift Card
Skull Candy Skull Crushers
New Pajamas
New Clothes
New Shoes
**** tons of candy

[A Forgotten Legend]

Fortet, I enjoy that you got the Glee albums.  I have them too. Even though I obtained them from a website ...>.>

[RockJohnAxe]

New Bamboo Tablet!!!
32" HD LCD
surround sound
TV stand
Warhammer related stuff

[X_marks_the_ed]

-A USB version of the NES controler. WheeISTILLWANTANXBOX360CONTROLLERDAMMIT.

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[Fortet]

Fortet, I enjoy that you got the Glee albums.  I have them too. Even though I obtained them from a website ...>.>

That's how I have the songs not on the CDs >_>