and for a lot of our viewers overseas, they re amazed at how much americans pay for education because in some countries, in germany you don t pay. in australia we didn t pay. i didn t pay for my university education. they do now. but it s about a third of the cost that americans pay. it just blows your mind what students in this country need to pay. and they re still paying off their loans by their 40s, aren t they? so when robert smith talks about paying it forward and he expects that from these students now that he s given them this incredible gift, what exactly does that mean? what is he expecting them to do? what that means is he s challenging them to be generous in helping others behind them. he s challenging them to support morehouse college as alumni by giving. he s challenging them to support
of not putting anything into your retirement. it matters. it matters. so this is more than just paying off the debt, this is also about wealth accumulation. these young men are part of the black community where we know there s a wealth gap. even if you have a job, there s still a wealth gap. so this is tremendous. and for a lot of our viewers overseas, they re amazed at how much americans pay for education because in some countries, in germany you don t pay. in australia we didn t pay. i didn t pay for my university education. they do now. but it s about a third of the cost that americans pay. it just blows your mind what students in this country need to pay. and they re still paying off their loans by their 40s, aren t they? so when robert smith talks about paying it forward and he expects that from these students now that he s given them this incredible gift, what exactly does that mean? what is he expecting them to do?