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"Public" schools, such as State University systems, are indeed partly paid for by the taxpayers (I think it was about half-covered in the CSU system). The article doesn't mention if the guy is taking any grants, so that can't be an issue in the argument. I took 8 years to get my three degrees, but that's because (a) I took about half those years figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, and (b) I was working full time as well, so I had to make my classes fit around work, which meant I was going part time some of the time. I know people who took that long to get one degree, but again, they were working full time, so had to go to school part time. Since he's only taking seven units, he's not going full time, so maybe this has contributed to his situation somewhat.
I'm not sure how I feel about this situation. On one hand, I don't begrudge the guy liking school, and wanting to stay there. There are some people who just love to learn, and never want to stop. On the other hand, he is costing the taxpayers money that could be going towards other students/equipment/staff/etc. I guess I would just say that he'll be overqualified when he does graduate. =)
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