$3000 in 1969?

Our generation could work our way through college delivering pizza.

Nowadays being a college student you need to work at a pizza place just to get food or your diet will consist of Ramen noodles and water lol.

Seriously though my dad is kind of "stuck" working overseas in a job he hates because it pays about double what a similar job back here in the States would, and he's doing it to put my 2 younger brothers through college. Most 'kids' in college these days have to get student loans to some degree but my dad experienced that himself (and the massive debt it entailed) when he went to college and he doesn't want us to have to deal with the same BS. Sucks bigtime though because he's not here with the rest of the family he's just by himself working his butt off :(