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LeBron James Just Donated $41 Million To Send 1,100 Kids To College (thinkinghumanity.com)

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[–]Tiny4901 [スコア非表示]  (31子コメント)

So you're tellin me that $41 million can only pay for 1,100 tuitions?

[–]obrapop [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Hence the problem :(

[–]Scis1984 [スコア非表示]  (13子コメント)

$9500/year, That's a relatively reasonable price compared to other schools.

[–]lwsrk [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

*in the US

[–]OlivierDeCarglass [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

And I'm just sitting here living in a country where community colleges are basically free 😐

[–]Wouldnt_mind_nudes [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I'm just sitting here in Denmark where all education is free and you can get paid by the government if you're taking an education

[–]spurty_loads [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

if Bernie would have won, the US would be headed in that direction.

[–]FaticusRaticus [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

*free. I assure you someone is paying for it. Just not you, yet.

[–]AJPoz [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Community college is pretty reasonable in the U.S. as well. Not even close to free, but a fraction of the price of a public university.

[–]Mjms93 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This. I'm paying 800€ a year for my university and thats only because we get a public transport ticket for the whole state

[–]Devildude4427 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

$9,500 is extremely cheap in the US. Reasonably cheap is at $30k a year.

[–]jsaton1 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Both prices are too high.

[–]americagigabit [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hell no it isn't. It's college galore around the $10,000 mark. I would agree if you are talking about out of state or private though.

[–]TelaTheSpy [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

Yep. Insanity isn't it? Think about what some of these colleges are pulling in a year from their student body at 50k/yr tuition?

[–]Agarax [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

$9500 is insanity,

/r/theydidthemath

[–]SitNshitN [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

That's extremely small. 15k tuition for a year is average, but it can go as high as 50k a year.

[–]Devildude4427 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I think Notre Dame is up to $65k currently for just tuition, not even room and board.

[–]supahotfyah [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Not counting room and board and other fees. Closer to 70K total for high end, urban colleges.

[–]jonfitt [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

Damn. We should elect someone to fix that!

[–]mafulazula [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Most of the people who voted a certain way listed college affordability as a very low priority, unfortunately.

[–]Civic_Banana [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

..and unsurprisingly

[–]DirtyLukeAndTheBoys [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Baby boomers deep-dicking the next generations again! Awesome!

[–]Launching_Pad [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

And the people who did have it high in their priorities wanted it free, not just affordable.

[–]haseo111 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah, and then we have to make everything else even more expensive to cover for it!

[–]1amathrowaway [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/opinion/sunday/the-real-reason-college-tuition-costs-so-much.html

[–]tetea_t [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That's my first thought as well.

[–]Bradfords_ACL [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

Hey Mr. James, whatchu gonna do? Whatchu gonna do to make our dreams come true?

[–]FortyDegreeDay [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

Bron's Tots

[–]SquidddyG [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

What you gonna do make our dreams come true

[–]dan_legend [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

They should do a reunion just to reshoot that episode with LeBron saving the day.

[–]SquidddyG [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Its the hardest episode to watch and LeBron would make it at least easy to watch sometimes

[–]Apthompson2 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

But did he give them batteries?

[–]SquidddyG [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Lithium batteries can get you far in life

[–]YipRocHeresy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Bron's babies.

[–]justkeeplaughing [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Bill Hader said a lot of awesome things about LeBron after Trainwrecked, basically stating he couldn't believe how talented he was.

And now this?!?!

Goddammit LeBron. You're fucking awesome.

[–]YipRocHeresy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

If he's so awesome any does he always knock the bulls out of the playoffs?

[–]workisterrible [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That finals win since Bill Hader's comments prob counts for something too

[–]Ravenman2423 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

... You needed Bill hader to tell you Lebron James was talented?

[–]Pontus_Pilates [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

The news might be uplifting, but let's go through some facts.

LeBron didn't donate $41 million of his own money. His foundation is working together with a school to give kids scholarships:

He announced that he and the University of Akron will sponsor full scholarships for the 1,100 children currently in his I Promise program in Akron, Ohio.

James' has been sponsoring this program for five years and the children range from the third to the seventh grades. If they complete the program and meet attendance and grade requirements, their tuition will be covered by James' foundation and the university starting in 2021, when the current seventh graders in the program graduate high school. A year's tuition at the University of Akron is currently about $9,500.

And if all those kids go through the entire program, the combined cost will be calculated to be around $41 million. That will be split between the school and the foundation (which presumably accepts outside donations).

Also, this news is from last year, so he didn't 'just' donate anything.

[–]RagingFuckalot [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

Yeah, I can't believe how many people think these kinds of things are personal donations.

[–]parposbio [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

So you're telling me that he's doing more than "just" donating money. He's actually setting children up for success and putting time, energy, and resources toward providing children with a path that will allow them to accomplish their goals. Then, only when they've met a high academic standard does he go even further by 'simply' paying their college tuition?

Yeah, this title is soo misleading.

[–]svk7 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

So where does all the money from, you know, the James foundation come from?

[–]gibson531 [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

His foundation made the donation. Is he the only contributor to that? I honestly don't know. Not that I really care, it's an amazing gift to a lot of people. Just wandering if the title is misleading.

[–]tinchel [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Celebrities rarely donate much to their own foundations. They use their name and celebrity to host meet & greets and auctions and golf tournaments and private events that cost $1000 a plate or $10,000 per golf foursome or whatever to attend

[–]shepce [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

He probably made 40+ million for just endorsing and speaking at Hillary Clintons event in Cleveland.

[–]ParityClarity [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Maybe you're just being hyperbolic but just in case: No candidate was paying anywhere near $40 million per endorsement.

[–]shepce [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Actually your wrong. Clinton paid Jay Z and Beyoncé 62 million for their concert and endorsements.

[–]Ravenman2423 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Um... No. Hillary herself is "only" making like a hundred grand for a speech at some big bank. She's not about to pay 40 fucking million for Lebron to come give her a high five on stage, even in a swing state like Ohio.

[–]YipRocHeresy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How much money have you donated?

[–]authentic010 [スコア非表示]  (13子コメント)

9500 a year for tuition to a university..! That's really cheap. My local community college is not far off from that price.

[–]TinmanTomfoolery [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Maybe he got a discount for buying in bulk.

[–]DangerDoc [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Everything is cheaper in bulk!

Rice, cereal, firearms, everything!

[–]Apthompson2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I'm pretty sure he did. I believe he worked with Akron to work something out.

[–]ritschi [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

What a rip off. My local university is only 4k.

[–]authentic010 [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

I'm guessing not America?

[–]ritschi [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Actually it is America. And it's a real university, not university of Phoenix or other crap.

[–]authentic010 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Damn, that's crazy. It's roughly 3k-3500 a semester at the local community college near me. 4k a year is almost unheard of for tuition to a university in America.

[–]tlst9999 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What is the name of that university? And which course are you taking?

[–]Decyde [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

No, there's plenty of places in America that will have you at that price.

[–]Devildude4427 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

At that price they tend to be crap in terms of education. Not all of them, but most of them are.

[–]shitty_username__ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Again? Didnt he do this a couple of years ago?

[–]Blaaa5 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

A King to his people

[–]Muffalowingz [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The King

[–]AGreekLegend [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Even though LeBron did this amazing act, let's. it forget that the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA finals.

[–]josereporter [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Good deed, Lebron!!!

[–]MrEconomics [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I spend $2,900 a month on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGvrmltfMrA

[–]rkhbusa [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There is an epidemic of too high beard necklines.

[–]rkhbusa [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There is an epidemic of too high beard necklines.

[–]Sodoheading [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

the little James's urban achievers. So you saying he's uh racially cool uh... different mothers and....

[–]Nokmim1948 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Dude is truly a mensch.

[–]Mikeymcmikerson [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That article is impossible to read on mobile.

[–]durdurdurdurdurdur [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hope he pays this kid's.

[–]poopellar [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How much is he worth?

[–]BigPudge [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Doesn't he do this every year?

[–]Gorflub [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Lebron has moved the needle back a bit, but if he still treats kids like this hes still a douche bag in my mind.

https://youtu.be/APObxATFsrQ

[–]Manleather [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That is a lot of laptop batteries.

[–]Hemp-Hill [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This was back in august

[–]Chewblacka [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I wonder if he would be better off to establish a fund and let the interest pay in perpetuity for minority scholarships? Either way its an incredibly generous thing to do

[–]FadingEcho [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Voluntarism (read: non-coercion) is amazing. Good on Lebron.

[–]dumbdoofys [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Scott's Tots

[–]TheBeardItches [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's like the non-cringe inducing Scott's Tots!

[–]bloodflart [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I think this is like the best thing you can do to positively affect the world. Big Brother type programs are great too for non millionaires.

[–]mrsana [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Very generous move. The problem I have (and a problem that's so evident) is that it costs 41 million to send 1,100 kids to college. Wow.

[–]Downvote_me_so_hard [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Sounds a lot like, Scott's Tots...

[–]PmMeFanFic [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

probably mostly black kids, smh if a white pulled the same shit

[–]Aegean [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That's alot of gender studies and art history degrees.

[–]futureprez2016 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

"That's right, kids...go to college so you can get a job that makes less money than me. I never went to college and make 30 million dollars for bouncing a ball. There's another guy that went to Harvard and makes $400,000 for running the country!"

[–]psychedlic_breakfast [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hey Mr. James! Whatcha gonna do! Whatcha gonna do! Make our dreams come true.

[–]ApostateAardwolf [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The real MVP

[–]Beefenstein [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

LeBron James for President: there's proof he actually gives money to charity.

[–]Bsn8810500 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Its hard dislike anyone that does something this generous, wow. Respect.

[–]DemonSmurf [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah, misleading title.

[–]Dantheviewer [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Not enough

[–]BioBanane [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

yeah more college students is what America needs. let them have more useless graduated kids. Also making college free would be absolutely unthinkable.

[–]geacps2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

and he also supported Hillary