By Becky Brice

What else I could have done with 15k.

Education is expensive. And as I watch my bank balance quickly dwindle into nothingness I wonder what I would have done with the money if I hadn’t have come to SCA. Here are some thoughts, some more realistic than others.Put a deposit down for a (small) flat Travelled the world (or a section of it) Created an exhibition Paid back ALL of my student loan and gone back to being debt free Bought a carGiven it to charity Given it to my parents Bought some land Bought some llamas for said land Put it into savings Had some plastic surgery Bought some nice jewellery Become a sponsor of the school Helped my friend out Paid my rent for multiple months without working Invest it Bought a factory Got it out in cash and rolled around in it Made it rain Burnt it Made art out of it Put it in a briefcase and felt really cool Paid for my grandma to come over from Australia Gone over to see my grandma Bought 15,000 packets of Jaffa cakes Seen some shows on the west end in the good seats Bought a holiday home Given it to a political party Bought a whole load of books Started a magazine Gone to the casino Flown first class on BA Redecorated the house Worked towards an invention Bought a wind turbine Bought some prime advertising space / time Saved it for my niece and nephew Build a home cinema room Go live in a jungle Bought a small island and become a recluse Gone skiing Bought 2000 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets Revamped my kitchen Gone to live in Germany for a year, swanning around eating pretzels Bought a boat

Bought a tiger Bought 15,000 sharpies and realised they don’t last more than a day Built a house out of jenga Got them DDs Hired a magician for a year Bought an engagement ring and pretended I had somebody to love me *weeps* Bought 10 of the most expensive donuts Invested in bitcoin Bought a 3 bed house in Detroit Bought a desktop Mac (or two) Hired a 20ft t-rex Hired someone to follow me around playing the elephant march from Jungle Book.These are just a few ideas that could have been a real treat. But hey, I didn’t do any of them. I decided to try and get a job doing something I liked and could one day be good at. If I succeed I will have made the right decision, as much as I’d still really like that first class flight.