While other freshmen were busy setting up their dorm rooms and exploring campus with their parents, the 19-year-old (and pseudonymous) Lingling was stuck at home the first week of September, fighting with her father about college tuition. After having been admitted to college in her home city Chengdu, Lingling hopes to become the first in her family to go to college and live a different life. But Lingling has a problem: her father refuses to finance her dream
While other freshmen were busy setting up their dorm rooms and exploring campus with their parents, the 19-year-old (and pseudonymous) Lingling was stuck at home the first week of September, fighting with her father about college tuition. After having been admitted to college in her home city Chengdu, Lingling hopes to become the first in her family to go to college and live a different life. But Lingling has a problem: her father refuses to finance her dream. - See more at: http://www.tealeafnation.com/2013/09/is-college-still-worth-it-in-todays-china/#sthash.VLwd0175.dpuf
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