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In response to
"As a parent, you did right by your kids and their future. As a country, I'm of the mind we should do right by our citizens and their future"
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oblique
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"No other options" ... community college can be a great bargain, knocking out core/elective classes before you go elsewhere to pay for a name school
Posted by
rollo
Aug 3 '21, 09:27
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on your degree. Likewise there are plenty of lower cost choices for those who "just need a degree" to qualify for higher level jobs.
I understand the issue, and I empathize with many. I want the people who are getting bailed out to have had some skin in the game and to have made smart choices along the way.
Going to a B10 school to get an art history degree (or pick your punching bag ... teaching, journalism, etc). and then being dismayed that your professional income can't justify the 6-figure debt load you've taken on ... that's very difficult for me to get behind. Why did you make such a dumb decision in the first place, what did you think was going to happen?
No offense intended to anyone who is/was in this type of situation for themselves or their kids.
Subsidizing higher education is one thing. Subsidizing poor decision making is entirely another.
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