State school fees also expensive

State school fees also expensive

From Republika

As a family surviving on a government salary, I always stress
upon my three children to be diligent at school in order to get a
good grade point average, which would entitle them to enter a
state school. School fees and related expenditures would then be
adapted to an income of a civil servant, I thought.

Luckily, the children understood and cooperated, and all three
of them were admitted to state schools.

However, it was not as rosy as I thought. A month after the
new school year started, I found myself indebted at all three
schools. I owe money for books, shoes that they had to buy, money
for the building, etc., etc. Not to mention the extra curricular
activities which must be paid even though the children did not
participate.

Confused, I don't know how can I express myself in the right
way. Life is just one struggle. However, the struggle has been
given a different meaning: the expression "to get as much out of
life as possible" has taken on a different meaning, i.e.: life is
more of a struggle to acquire as many material possessions as one
can get.

My children still want to learn, so that they can go to
university.

RAHMAWATI N.

Tangerang, West Java