You wouldn't buy a ticket a whole year in advance. So yeah, for a one way ticket it's cheaper. But your stupid so you should stay there.

Actually, China for a year probably would cost significantly less than tuition for a year. I was very surprised at how inexpensive everything was when I was there. You should feel lucky that you have a parent who encourages you to travel, even if it's just because they just want you out of the house.

To everyone saying that tuition is more expensive, it is not. In Canada, you can get an excellent education for very little money compared to the United States. Depending on the university you choose, you can get away with paying $3000 for tuition yearly.

Okay, I just looked it up and it's definitely less than 1000 for a round-trip for a year! No community college is that cheap! Not even in Canada! Also, they are not talking about living expenses, the talk is about the tickets.

how is this an FML? get over it, and stop being a tightass.

Thats exactly what happened to me.... damn.

learn to take a joke man

HAHAHAHA! your moms awesome

1. She was kidding 2. a 25k tuition is less money than one $400 ticket. The OP can pay for food, utilities, etc. by getting a job, and so it's really less expensive than 25k, room and board, plus food. The reason being that if you were in college, you wouldn't have enough time for a well paying, full time job

One way tickets are in fact wayyyy more expensive than roundtrip-tickets. I'm speaking from experience here. I just moved from Germany to the US and the one way ticket cost about... twice as much. No kidding.