text: The popular saying "every penny counts" is overused but more that half of those people that say it dont take it into action. When going shopping, and you see an item on sale that you saw at another store for a full price, there is a good chance that you will get the one on sale. This scenario is pretty simmilar. Most homeschooling and online courses come with some kind of a payment plan. Why pay when the government is giving out free education? It may not seem like much at the moment, but somewhere along the way, you are going to have to pay for college or a new house. That money spent on unnessecary online education coud've helped get you out of debt. Going to school may even up your chances of not even paying for college at all. This can be possible through scholarships. For example, almost all schools offer different types of sports. If I were to join basketball and end up playing very well throughot all of high school there is a good chance that i could get a full ride scholarship to a great school. Again, you can still join that same sport outside of school but there is a good chance that they will make you pay for it rather than it being completly free like playing for the school. There are so many benifits that schools offer that won't make your pockets hurt.