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School, work, marriage a recipe for stress By
Matt Stephens Tuition increases and continually soaring prices make juggling marriages, work, and school even more of a problem for some Utah students. "Juggling my marriage, work and school takes up 25 hours every day," says Paul Watson, a recently married USU junior majoring in marketing. Paul and his wife, Allison Skidmore, have just started getting used to their new life, but tuition increases and bills make it difficult to get ahead. Watson said he is on a tight budget. He can't get grants and he has to get loans to afford to pay for schooling. "I would not mind the tuition increases if I saw them contributing to the quality of my education, but I know that it won't," he says. Watson has been in school for four years and still has about two years left. "I just don't have enough time in the day to take a full load of classes, study and work," he says. "I laugh when advisors suggest that it should only take four years to get a degree, they must have had their parents pay for their school," said Watson. "I get loans, but I still have to work full time to pay the bills." Skidmore also works full time as an accountant for Wasatch Property Management to help pay the bills. "As tuition goes up we just have to keep getting more loans," she says. "Looking on the bright side, at least we aren't both going to school." Skidmore says the financial obligations don't stop them from having a good time. "We don't have a lot of time together, but we make every second count," she says. "At least Paul's grades are improving. When we were dating he never studied, but now that we are married we don't plan dates anymore and studying takes priority over the wife." Paul agrees. "I find more time for my studies, we make it just like everyone else. We work when there is work, study when we have time, and have fun for a few seconds before the day starts over."
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