Also, the schools *tricked* them into taking out those loans

May 8, 2019
7:20:18am

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"Listen, they told me I had to go to college, but nobody bothered to mention that my Master's degree in Medieval French Literature wasn't going to lead to a high-paying job."

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Couple of thoughts on this WSJ article (I think its behind a paywall)

GRCoug

5/8/19 6:54am

Seeing as student loan debt is voluntary and as a person who had them

Adrielle

5/8/19 7:01am

There is a large societal movement to erase personal accountability.

CrimWalCoug

5/8/19 7:11am

Also, the schools *tricked* them into taking out those loans

cougarmeister

5/8/19 7:20am

In some cases that’s true. A lot of for-profit schools offer worthless degrees

jkccoug

5/8/19 7:48am

Non-profits offer a lot more worthless degrees than for-profits

KingDave

5/8/19 8:02am

agreed in terms of subject matter. But for-profits literally don't offer

jkccoug

5/8/19 8:43am

I must be misunderstanding

KingDave

5/8/19 9:34am

I probably overstated my case. I should have said that

jkccoug

5/8/19 2:59pm

I'm sure it's true, but that doesn't absolve the student of all responsibility

cougarmeister

5/8/19 9:42am

Everyone is telling them it's worrh it

CougarMandias

5/8/19 7:26am

Most of us with this mentality would be fine with that with a few exceptions.

JAGA97

5/8/19 7:50am

Not this high school teacher

Adrielle

5/8/19 8:55am

I think high school teachers may have the greatest opportunity to help kids

KingDave

5/8/19 9:37am

That goes for parents as well. I can't imagine sitting by while your son or

GRCoug

5/8/19 10:33am

Not to be sexist... but how many women (especially LDS) rack up student loans

Powerbait DPM studnt

5/9/19 6:20pm

First to provide loan forgiveness is the universities!

Busiturtle

5/8/19 7:56am

much as CB'ers deride it, there is a societal benefit to incentivizing public service

byujag

5/8/19 8:13am

It still does not justify going into 10's of thousand of dollars in debt for a bachelors degree...

Adrielle

5/8/19 9:20am

Like any debt, you should aim for as little as possible. Education is an OK debt but still should follow that rule.

soupie

5/8/19 9:25am

I agree. Unfortunately our “art of the deal” leader believes agreements are

StalwartBraveTrue

5/8/19 10:56am

What does this post even mean?

CoachSpeak

5/8/19 12:11pm

In simpler terms...

StalwartBraveTrue

5/8/19 2:28pm

I agree I support that incentivizing of public service.

Zoobieman

5/8/19 6:23pm

600K?! What specialty has he chosen?

Rogue Gunner

5/9/19 10:13am

I’ll be at about 320k starting residency next year.

Powerbait DPM studnt

5/9/19 6:08pm

Family Medicine

Zoobieman

5/14/19 7:28pm

He’s going to have a hard time paying that off as a PCP.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/9/19 6:04pm

From what i understand, it has to be an approved non profit organization. VA

Powerbait DPM studnt

5/9/19 6:10pm

Sounds very unlikely this kid will be willing to work for VA money.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/9/19 8:11pm

Yeah, he is a PCP and our 3 years in residency will count towards the 10 years

Zoobieman

5/14/19 7:29pm

You want to get really angry read this...

Craner64

5/9/19 10:22am

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