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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: a difficult sentence |
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Don Schilling, who has collected stamps for 50 years, says he�s interested in the public�s reaction. �This is an entirely new class of stamps.� Mr. Schilling says. He adds that he�ll buy the stamps because he will be able to use them for a long period of time, not because they could make him rich � the volume printed will be too large for collectors. �We won�t be able to send our kids to college on these,� he says, laughing.
What does "We won�t be able to send our kids to college on these" mean in this context?
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CP
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A college education in the U.S. can be very expensive. A lot of people save up to send their children to college, and some cannot go to college because of the cost. Mr. Schilling is just saying that he won't be making a great deal of money on the stamps.
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