tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post1921954734050721298..comments2024-02-14T05:39:29.497-06:00Comments on HELL BURNS: MOVIES: "LADY BIRD"Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-84253958942308785452017-12-29T10:40:28.727-06:002017-12-29T10:40:28.727-06:00The part of the movie that has been gnawing at me ...The part of the movie that has been gnawing at me has been the normalization of the accumulation of life long debt, especially for college, and that your parents should sacrifice their own financial well-being for their child's college dreams. <br /><br />Lady Bird would not go to UC-Davis, only private liberal arts colleges in the Northeast. She doesn't care that her dad is out of work and her brother and his wife live with their parent. There is never any recognition by anyone that there might not be any money for her to go to a private college. <br /> <br />Instead the father refinances their only home so she can go to college in New York. And I'm sure she had to take out loans with her dad co-signing those as well. <br /> <br /><br />At no point does Lady Bird care that her family has sacrificed so much for her. The movie ends with Lady Bird thinking Sacramento isn't so bad. But there is no reckoning of the amount of debt she has laid on her family. <br /> <br />I went to college at the same time she did, and there was many teens that had to learn that their parents could not afford $30,000 a year in tuition and room/board. <br /><br />Some of my friends have said but this is just what families do. And I could not agree more, many of my friends and their families did the same. And they're all in their 30s still under a mountain of student debt. Many wishing that they hadn't taken out loans to have the most idealized college experience. <br /> <br />Not once did The movie question whether or not it's worth it to take on life long debt to have the best college experience. It's just what people do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com