columbia wrote:Poorly, I might add.
#burn
You forgot the tongue emote. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A BURN
Moderators: Three Stars, dagny, pfim, netwolf
columbia wrote:Poorly, I might add.
#burn
shafnutz05 wrote:columbia wrote:Poorly, I might add.
#burn
You forgot the tongue emote. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A BURN
Jopaz wrote:I looked up some info on Rep. Hansen Clarke. His district is in inner-city Detroit, of all places. While there are not likely many college grads living there, it does explain the mentality of entitlement and not taking responsibility for your actions.....or, "somebody else" should pay for it.
This bill has almost zero chance of ever coming up for a vote.
shafnutz05 wrote:Troy Loney wrote:So you want kids to get $60K educations to go work public service jobs that are going to pay $40K a year maybe? It seems like some sort of compromise is needed here, either the government hires a bunch of unqualified people to work public sector jobs, or you give people some sort of incentive to accept lower compensation (as it is obvious that cutting the cost of government means paying these workers in the $40K range and cutting their pension and insurance benefits).
When I graduated college, I was getting paid in the neighborhood of $37k/year. I don't want this to turn into an argument about teacher pay/benefits, but I don't like how that group is always singled out as the only group that faces initial economic hardship.
count2infinity wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:Troy Loney wrote:So you want kids to get $60K educations to go work public service jobs that are going to pay $40K a year maybe? It seems like some sort of compromise is needed here, either the government hires a bunch of unqualified people to work public sector jobs, or you give people some sort of incentive to accept lower compensation (as it is obvious that cutting the cost of government means paying these workers in the $40K range and cutting their pension and insurance benefits).
When I graduated college, I was getting paid in the neighborhood of $37k/year. I don't want this to turn into an argument about teacher pay/benefits, but I don't like how that group is always singled out as the only group that faces initial economic hardship.
wow...7k a year more than i made when i graduated and went into the teaching field ;)
MWB wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:Troy Loney wrote:So you want kids to get $60K educations to go work public service jobs that are going to pay $40K a year maybe? It seems like some sort of compromise is needed here, either the government hires a bunch of unqualified people to work public sector jobs, or you give people some sort of incentive to accept lower compensation (as it is obvious that cutting the cost of government means paying these workers in the $40K range and cutting their pension and insurance benefits).
When I graduated college, I was getting paid in the neighborhood of $37k/year. I don't want this to turn into an argument about teacher pay/benefits, but I don't like how that group is always singled out as the only group that faces initial economic hardship.
They've been doing the student loan forgiveness for teachers for a long time. It used to be if you taught in a title I school or lower income school they'd forgive a certain percentage of you loan each year you taught at that school. I think that's a decent idea as it's a little incentive to teach there.
columbia wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:columbia wrote:Poorly, I might add.
#burn
You forgot the tongue emote. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A BURN
TheHammer24 wrote:I just did my studnet loan calculations - $95,000 total debt. I'm happy with this number given I spent four years at an overpriced private liberal arts school and one of the better law schools in the country and a promising job.
That being said, I just read some horrid, horrid articles about debt.
It also blows my mind that the average student debt is "only" $25,000. Seriously? Most, and I truly mean most, of the people I know graduate from undergrad with much, much more than that. I went to a private liberal arts school (kids, it's a horrible decision), I received the highest scholarship the school offers, and I received above-average parental support and I had more than that in undergrad.
I've had a few spring break cocktails, but it's pretty friggin insane that I owe someone almost $100,000. L-O-L.
On a more serious note, should I consolidate ASAP? I took one private law school out in law school and the rate is 3.8%. The Stafford loans are 6.8%. What a disparaity?!?! It seems like if I can consolidate that right now, I can take advantage of the lower prices. Anyone have loan consolidation experience?
TheHammer24 wrote:I just did my studnet loan calculations - $95,000 total debt. I'm happy with this number given I spent four years at an overpriced private liberal arts school and one of the better law schools in the country and a promising job.
That being said, I just read some horrid, horrid articles about debt.
It also blows my mind that the average student debt is "only" $25,000. Seriously? Most, and I truly mean most, of the people I know graduate from undergrad with much, much more than that. I went to a private liberal arts school (kids, it's a horrible decision), I received the highest scholarship the school offers, and I received above-average parental support and I had more than that in undergrad.
I've had a few spring break cocktails, but it's pretty friggin insane that I owe someone almost $100,000. L-O-L.
On a more serious note, should I consolidate ASAP? I took one private law school out in law school and the rate is 3.8%. The Stafford loans are 6.8%. What a disparaity?!?! It seems like if I can consolidate that right now, I can take advantage of the lower prices. Anyone have loan consolidation experience?
The average cumulative debt incurred was $27,803. (About two in fifteen (13.5%) of parents borrow PLUS loans for their children's college education, with a cumulative PLUS loan debt of $23,298.)
TheHammer24 wrote:The average cumulative debt incurred was $27,803. (About two in fifteen (13.5%) of parents borrow PLUS loans for their children's college education, with a cumulative PLUS loan debt of $23,298.)
That's average and graduate.
count2infinity wrote:Troy Loney wrote:
So you want kids to get $60K educations to go work public service jobs that are going to pay $40K a year maybe? It seems like some sort of compromise is needed here, either the government hires a bunch of unqualified people to work public sector jobs, or you give people some sort of incentive to accept lower compensation (as it is obvious that cutting the cost of government means paying these workers in the $40K range and cutting their pension and insurance benefits).
go to a school that is cost efficient so you don't have a 60k debt. simple as that. go to a community college for 2 years then a state school for 2 and you can get out with sub 50k debt. i went to a private school for 2 years and racked up 20K in 2 years (with all the grants and scholarships that i got) then went to a state school which tacked on another 10K for the 2 years I was there.
If at the end of the day you don't think you'll be able to afford those loans after you graduate you should either rethink your career or find ways to cut the costs of education, simple as that.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests